Taurine preserves gap junctional intercellular communication in rat hepatocytes under oxidative stress

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 361-368

  Fukuda, Toru ^a   Ikejima, Kenichi ^a   Hirose, Miyoko ^a   Takei, Yoshiyuki ^a   Watanabe, Sumio ^a,b   Sato, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin 32; Gap junctions; Hepatocytes; Hydrogen peroxide; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; CONNEXIN 32; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LUCIFER YELLOW; MESSENGER RNA; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FETAL CALF SERUM; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INOCULATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAP JUNCTIONS; LIVER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA; TAURINE;

EID: 0034122170     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050361     Document Type: Article

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