TNF-α plus IFN-γ induce connexin43 expression and formation of gap junctions between human monocytes/macrophages that enhance physiological responses

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1320-1328

  Eugenín, Eliseo A ^a,b   Brañes, María C ^a   Berman, Joan W ^b   Sáez, Juan C ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; CONNEXIN 43; GAMMA INTERFERON; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUCIFER YELLOW; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME RELEASE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037307922     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.3.1320     Document Type: Article

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