Glucagon increases gap junctional intercellular communication via cAMP in the isolated perfused rat liver

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Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-87

  Lee, Sun Mee ^a   Clemens, Mark G ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; Gap junction; Glucagon; Intercellular communication; Membrane potential; Octanol

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; BUFFER; CYCLIC AMP; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; OCTANOL; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ISOLATED LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER MEMBRANE; LIVER PERFUSION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RAT; STIMULATION;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYCLIC AMP; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLUCAGON; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 13644255309     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.shk.0000129196.08094.e3     Document Type: Article

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