Cx36 makes channels coupling human pancreatic β-cells, and correlates with insulin expression

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 428-439

  Serre Beinier, Véronique ^a   Bosco, Domenico ^a   Zulianello, Laurence ^b   Charollais, Anne ^b   Caille, Dorothée ^b   Charpantier, Eric ^b   Gauthier, Benoit R ^b   Diaferia, Giuseppe R ^c   Giepmans, Ben N ^d   Lupi, Roberto ^e   Marchetti, Piero ^e   Deng, Shaoping ^f   Buhler, Léo ^a   Berney, Thierry ^a   Cirulli, Vincenzo ^c   Meda, Paolo ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN RELEASE; LIPID RAFT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; PANCREAS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 58749115233     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn370     Document Type: Article

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