A role for heterologous gap junctions between melanoma and endothelial cells metastasis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1189-1197

  Ito, Akihiko ^a   Katoh, Fumitaka ^b   Kataoka, Tatsuki R ^a   Okada, Morihito ^c   Tsubota, Noriaki ^d   Asada, Hideo ^a   Yoshikawa, Kunihiko ^a   Maeda, Sakan ^c   Kitamura, Yukihiko ^a   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^e   Nojima, Hiroshi ^f  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nippon   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; COCULTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 12944281757     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI8257     Document Type: Article

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