Opposing roles of connexin43 in glioma progression

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1818, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2058-2067

  Sin, Wun Chey ^a   Crespin, Sophie ^b   Mesnil, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell growth; Connexin43; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Glioma; Migration

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GROWTH FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLIOMA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861605685     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.10.022     Document Type: Review

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