Connexin43 signaling contributes to spontaneous apoptosis in cultures of primary hepatocytes

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 175-186

  Vinken, Mathieu ^a   Decrock, Elke ^b   Vanhaecke, Tamara ^a   Leybaert, Luc ^b   Rogiers, Vera ^a  

^a FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Connexin43; Gap junction; Hemichannel; Primary hepatocyte

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; PROTEIN BID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84555189007     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr277     Document Type: Article

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