Modulation of brain hemichannels and gap junction channels by pro-inflammatory agents and their possible role in neurodegeneration

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-399

  Orellana, Juan A ^a   Sáez, Pablo J ^a   Shoji, Kenji F ^a   Schalper, Kurt A ^a   Palacios Prado, Nicolás ^a,b   Velarde, Victoria ^a   Giaume, Christian ^c,d   Bennett, Michael V L ^b   Sáez, Juan C ^a,b,e  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^e Núcleo Milenio Inmunología e Inmunoterapia ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; FREE RADICAL; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN HEMICHANNEL; PROTEIN PANNEXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DEATH; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; STROKE;

ANIMALS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 58149100746     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2008.2130     Document Type: Review

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