Gap junctional communication in human osteoclasts in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6A, 2008, Pages 2497-2504

  Schilling, A F ^a,b   Filke, S ^a   Lange, T ^a   Gebauer, M ^a   Brink, S ^a   Baranowsky, A ^a   Zustin, J ^a   Amling, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c University of Medical School Hamburg Eppendorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell fusion; Connexin; Cx43; Gap junction; Human osteoclasts

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOCLASTOMA; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BONE NEOPLASMS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONNEXIN 43; DNA PRIMERS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GIANT CELL TUMOR OF BONE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; OSTEITIS DEFORMANS; OSTEOCLASTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

RODENTIA;

EID: 57149130418     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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