Connexins in the respiratory epithelium

Connexins: A Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 359-370

  Foglia, Bernard ^a   Scerri, Isabelle ^a   Dudez, Tecla ^a   Chanson, Marc ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Airway epithelium; Alveolar epithelium; Calcium signaling; Cx26; Cx30; Cx31; Cx31.1; Cx32; Cx37; Cx40; Cx43; Cx46; Differentiation; Human airway cell model; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951682639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-489-6_16     Document Type: Chapter

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