Dysfunction of astrocyte connexins 30 and 43 in dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex of suicide completers

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 312-319

  Ernst, Carl ^a   Nagy, Corina ^a   Kim, Sangyheon ^c,d   Yang, Jennie P ^a   Deng, Xiaoming ^a   Hellstrom, Ian C ^a   Choi, Kwang Ho ^c,d   Gershenfeld, Howard ^c,d   Meaney, Michael J ^a,b   Turecki, Gustavo ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Stanley Laboratory of Brain Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; connexin; genetics; prefrontal cortex; Sox9; suicide

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN BINDING; QUEBEC; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 79960824943     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.03.038     Document Type: Article

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