A model system to study Connexin 43 in the immune system

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2938-2946

  Nguyen, Thien D ^a   Taffet, Steven M ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Cell trafficking; Connexin 43; Immunity; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS LIVER; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CHIMERA; SPLEEN; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELL MOVEMENT; CONNEXIN 43; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION CHIMERA; THYMUS GLAND; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

MUS;

EID: 68749100596     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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