Down regulated connexin26 at different postnatal stage displayed different types of cellular degeneration and formation of organ of Corti

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 445, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-77

  Chen, Sen ^a   Sun, Yu ^a   Lin, Xi ^c   Kong, Weijia ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell degeneration; Connexin26; Genetic deafness; Hair cells; Mouse models

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL LOSS; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DOWN REGULATION; HAIR LOSS; INNER EAR HEARING LOSS; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

MUS;

CELL DEGENERATION; CONNEXIN26; GENETIC DEAFNESS; HAIR CELLS; MOUSE MODELS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COCHLEA; CONNEXINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING LOSS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; ORGAN OF CORTI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896713671     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.01.154     Document Type: Article

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