Review gap junction intercellular communication: A review of a potential platform to modulate craniofacial tissue engineering

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 509-518

  Rossello, Ricardo A ^a   Kohn, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow stromal cells; Bone tissue engineering; Cell cell communication; Connexin; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BONE; CELLS; COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; DEFORMATION; ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY;

BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS; BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING; CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN; GAP JUNCTIONS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIAL; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 43; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

BONE CELL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; ESTHETICS; GAP JUNCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; BONE; CELL JUNCTION; FACE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CELL COMMUNICATION; FACE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; SKULL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 60849136324     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31127     Document Type: Review

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