ATP release via connexin hemichannels controls intercellular propagation of Ca2+ waves in corneal endothelial cells

Extracellular ATP and Adenosine as Regulators of Endothelial Cell Function: Implications for Health and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 161-195

  Ponsaerts, Raf ^a   D'Hondt, Catheleyne ^a   Gomes, Priya ^b   Bultynck, Geert ^a   Srinivas, Sangly P ^c   Vereecke, Johan ^a   Himpens, Bernard ^a  

^a LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR SIGNALING   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; ATP release; Blebbistatin; Bystander effect; Calcium wave; Connexin; Contractility; Cornea; Cytoskeleton; Endothelial cells; Gap junction; Good Samaritan effect; Hemichannels; Histamine; Intercellular communication; Mechanical stimulation; Myosin ATPase activity; Myosin light chain; Paracrine signaling; Phosphorylation; Purinergic; Rho kinase; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649875997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3435-9_10     Document Type: Chapter

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