Endotoxin unmasks the role of gap junctions in the liver

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 322, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 718-726

  Correa, Paulo R A V ^a   Guerra, Mateus T ^a,b   Leite, M Fatima ^b   Spray, David C ^c   Nathanson, Michael H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Connexin 32; Inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate receptor and endotoxin; Liver

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 32; DYE; ENDOTOXIN; HORMONE; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ISOLATION; CHOLESTASIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER CELL; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONNEXINS; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOTOXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEPATOCYTES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4444321797     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.192     Document Type: Article

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