Possible role of hemichannels in cancer

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 JUN, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Schalper, Kurt A ^a,b   Carvajal Hausdorf, Daniel ^b   Oyarzo, Mauricio P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Connexins; Hemichannels; Pannexins

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD39 ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; DARATUMUMAB; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HEMICHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MOR 03087; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PANNEXIN; PANNEXIN 1; PLATINUM COMPLEX; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR; SAR 650984; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA METHYLATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 84904383737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00237     Document Type: Article

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