Manipulating Cx43 expression triggers gene reprogramming events in dermal fibroblasts from oculodentodigital dysplasia patients

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 472, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-69

  Esseltine, Jessica L ^a   Shao, Qing ^a   Huang, Tao ^a   Kelly, John J ^a   Sampson, Jacinda ^b   Laird, Dale W ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Connexin43; Extracellularmatrix; Fibroblast; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Oculodentodigital dysplasia

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONNEXIN 43; LAMININ; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 5;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE PRODUCT; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OCULODENTODIGITAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DERMIS; DISEASE MODEL; EYE MALFORMATION; FOOT MALFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNDACTYLY; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; DERMIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FIBROBLASTS; FOOT DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNDACTYLY; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 84945966507     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20150652     Document Type: Article

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