The inhibitory mechanism of gap junctional intercellular communication induced by polyethylene and the restorative effects by surface modification with various proteins

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 567-574

  Nakaoka, Ryusuke ^a   Tsuchiya, Toshie ^a   Nakamura, Akitada ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Fluorescence redistribution; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Polyethylene; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEINS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TISSUE;

GAP JUNCTIONAL INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION (GJIC);

POLYETHYLENES;

ALBUMIN; COLLAGEN; CONNEXIN 43; POLYETHYLENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL COMMUNICATION; FILM; FLUORESCENCE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; COLLAGEN; CONNEXIN 43; CRICETINAE; FIBROBLASTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYETHYLENE;

EID: 0035892407     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(20011215)57:4<567::AID-JBM1203>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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