Connexins: Sensors of epidermal integrity that are therapeutic targets

FEBS Letters

Volumn 588, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1304-1314

  Martin, Patricia E ^a   Easton, Jennifer A ^a,b,c   Hodgins, Malcolm B ^a   Wright, Catherine S ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell signalling; Connexin; Epidermal sensor; Epidermis; Gap junction; Therapeutic target

Indexed keywords

CELL SIGNALLING; CONNEXIN; EPIDERMAL SENSOR; EPIDERMIS; GAP JUNCTION; THERAPEUTIC TARGET;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; KERATITIS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; MUTATION; RE-EPITHELIALIZATION;

EID: 84898904766     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.02.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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