Functional connexin "hemichannels": A critical appraisal

GLIA

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 758-773

  Spray, David C ^a   Ye, Zu Cheng ^b   Ransom, Bruce R ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; ATP release; Connexon; Gap junction; Glutamate release; Lucifer yellow; P2X7 receptor; Pannexin; VDAC

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; 4 ACETAMIDO 4' ISOTHIOCYANATOSTILBENE 2,2' DISULFONIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANION CHANNEL; CARBENOXOLONE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEPTANOL; MEFLOQUINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OCTANOL; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HEMICHANNEL; PROTEIN PANNEXIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PURINE P2X7 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PH; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; NEUROGLIA; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33750300467     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20429     Document Type: Review

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