Activation of human polymorphonuclear cells induces formation of functional gap junctions and expression of connexins

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Brañes, María C ^a   Contreras, Jorge E ^a   Sáez, Juan C ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dye coupling; Endotoxin; Gap junction subunits; Glycyrrhetinic acid; Leukocytes; TNF

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOCHALASIN D; FLUORESCENT DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; NOCODAZOLE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIBODY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; ANIMALS; HUMANS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036686087     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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