Epithelial cells of nasal mucosa express functional gap junctions of connexin 43

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 314-320

  Yeh, Te Huei ^a   Su, Mao Chang ^b   Hsu, Chuan Jen ^a   Chen, Yue Hsiang ^a   Lee, Shiann Yann ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Epithelial cell; Gap junction; Nasal mucosa

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; LUCIFER YELLOW;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CILIARY MOTILITY; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FACIAL BONE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBMUCOSA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL POLYPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 12244302234     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000028104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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