Connexin 43 contributes to differentiation of retinal pigment epithelial cells via cyclic AMP signaling

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 532-538

  Kojima, Ariko ^a   Nakahama, Ken ichi ^a   Ohno Matsui, Kyoko ^a   Shimada, Noriaki ^a   Mori, Keisuke ^b   Iseki, Sachiko ^a   Sato, Tetsuji ^c   Mochizuki, Manabu ^a   Morita, Ikuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cAMP; Connexin 43; Differentiation; Gap junction; Retinal pigmented epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; ROLIPRAM;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 37449020158     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.159     Document Type: Article

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