Drop of connexins: A possible link between aging and cancer?

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-275

  Del Monte, Ugo ^a,b   Statuto, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Connexin 43; Gap junction; Intercellular communication; Replicative senescence

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL AGING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL;

EID: 0842326598     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2003.10.010     Document Type: Letter

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