Connexin and pannexin hemichannels in brain glial cells: Properties, pharmacology, and roles

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 4 JUL, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Giaume, Christian ^a,b,c   Leybaert, Luc ^d   Naus, Christian C ^e   Sáez, Juan C ^f,g  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^g Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaíso   (Chile)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Gap junctions; Microglia; Neuroglial interactions; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS MODULATOR 1 ION CHANNEL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CARBENOXOLONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PANNEXIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTROCYTE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME RELEASE; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLIA CELL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84881572026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2013.00088     Document Type: Review

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