Pharmacology of Gap junctions. New pharmacological targets for treatment of arrhythmia, seizure and cancer?

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1719, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 36-58

  Salameh, Aida ^a   Dhein, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiac; Connexin; Gap junction; Intercellular communication; Pharmacology; Seizure; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBACHOL; CHOLECYSTOKININ; DICOUMAROL; ENDOTHELIN; FENAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUFENAMIC ACID; GLYCOSIDE; HEPTANOL; HISTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; MEFLOQUINE; NIFLUMIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; OCTANOL; OCTAPEPTIDE; OLEIC ACID; OUABAIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; QUININE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; STAUROSPORINE DERIVATIVE; THROMBIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CANCER; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IONS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEIZURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS;

EID: 28944437893     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2005.09.007     Document Type: Review

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