Aluminum impairs gap junctional intercellular communication between astroglial cells in vitro

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 310, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-154

  Theiss, Carsten ^a   Meller, Karl ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Connexin 43; Cytoskeleton; Dye transfer; Electron microscopy; Microinjection

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM LACTATE; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROBION;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENT; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOTIN; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036912678     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-002-0639-3     Document Type: Article

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