Role of connexins in metastatic breast cancer and melanoma brain colonization

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 904-913

  Stoletov, Konstantin ^a,b   Strnadel, Jan ^a,b   Zardouzian, Erin ^a,b   Momiyama, Masashi ^c,d   Park, Frederick D ^a,b   Kelber, Jonathan A ^a,b   Pizzo, Donald P ^a,b   Hoffman, Robert ^c,d   VandenBerg, Scott R ^a,b   Klemke, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Breast cancer metastasis; Connexins; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN MELANOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO; EXTRAVASATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHICK EMBRYO; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84876333409     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.112748     Document Type: Article

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