Connexin43 hemichannels contribute to cadmium-induced oxidative stress and cell injury

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2427-2439

  Fang, Xin ^a,b   Huang, Tao ^a   Zhu, Ying ^a   Yan, Qiaojing ^a   Chi, Yuan ^a   Jiang, Jean X ^c   Wang, Peiyu ^d   Matsue, Hiroyuki ^e   Kitamura, Masanori ^a   Yao, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b INNER MONGOLIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CADMIUM; CONNEXIN 43; GLUTATHIONE; LUCIFER YELLOW; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; FIBROBLASTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLUTATHIONE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SWINE;

EID: 79957480883     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3150     Document Type: Article

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