Milk secretion and ejection are impaired in the mammary gland of mice harboring a Cx43 mutant while expression and localization of tight and adherens junction proteins remain unchanged

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 837-847

  Plante, Isabelle ^a   Wallis, Andrea ^a   Shao, Qing ^a   Laird, Dale W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Connexins; Developmental biology; Gap junctions; Lactation; Mammary glands; Pregnancy; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CLAUDIN 1; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; FAT DROPLET; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN; P CADHERIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MILK EJECTION; MOUSE; MYOEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SECRETORY PATHWAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MILK; MILK EJECTION; RATS;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77953818935     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.081406     Document Type: Article

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