Mind the gap: connexins and cell–cell communication in the diabetic kidney

Diabetologia

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 233-241

  Hills, Claire E ^a   Price, Gareth W ^a   Squires, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cell communication; Connexins; Diabetic nephropathy; Gap junction; Hemichannel; Review

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

CELL COMMUNICATION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MICE; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84920829876     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-014-3427-1     Document Type: Review

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