Defective gap junctional intercellular communication in lung cancer: Loss of an important mediator of tissue homeostasis and phenotypic regulation

Experimental Lung Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-243

  Ruch, R J ^a   Porter, S ^a   Koffler, L D ^a   Dwyer Nield, L D ^a   Malkinson, A M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar cells; Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Connexin; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CILIARY MOTILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0035080010     PISSN: 01902148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019021401300053984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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