Gap junctions as modulators of adrenal cortical cell proliferation and steroidogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 51-56

  Murray, S A ^a   Nickel, B M ^a   Gay, V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Connexin; Intercellular communication; Proliferation; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GAP JUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; STEROIDS;

EID: 59849100511     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.09.027     Document Type: Review

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