Connexins as therapeutic targets in lung disease

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 989-1002

  Losa, Davide ^a   Chanson, Marc ^a   Crespin, Sophie ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connexins; Gap junctions; Inflammation; Lung disease

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; BROXURIDINE; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 27; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GANCICLOVIR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HALOTHANE; HEPTANOL; LUNG SURFACTANT; NAVELBINE; OCTANOL; PANNEXIN 1; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LUNG INFLAMMATION; ASTHMA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TARGETING; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FLUID TRANSPORT; GAP JUNCTION; GAP JUNCTIONAL INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 1; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

CONNEXINS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES;

EID: 79960269126     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: 17447631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2011.584875     Document Type: Review

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