Gap junctions remain open during cytochrome c-induced cell death: Relationship of conductance to 'bystander' cell killing

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1707-1714

  Cusato, K ^a,c,d   Ripps, H ^b,c   Zakevicius, J ^b,c   Spray, D C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bystander effect; Cell death; Gap junctions; Intercellular communication; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYTOCHROME C; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; XESTOSPONGIN C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL DEATH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL KILLING; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOCHROMES C; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; OOCYTES; OXAZOLES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33748681711     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401876     Document Type: Article

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