Maintenance of connexin 32 and 26 expression in primary cultured rat hepatocytes treated with 3-acetylpyridine

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 806-815

  Higaki, Nagato ^a,b   Mitaka, Toshihiro ^a,b   Sato, Fumihiko ^b   Hirata, Koichi ^b   Mochizuki, Yohichi ^a  

^a Sapporo Medical University   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 acetylpyridine; Connexin; Differentiation; Gap junction; Hepatocytes; Intercellular communication; Nicotinamide; Poly (ADP ribose) polymerase

Indexed keywords

3 ACETYLPYRIDINE; ALBUMIN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0035720835     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02529.x     Document Type: Article

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