Published in Mol Membr Biol on July 19, 2002
The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14: ion channels. Br J Pharmacol (2013) 3.03
Zonula occludens-1 alters connexin43 gap junction size and organization by influencing channel accretion. Mol Biol Cell (2005) 2.62
The gap junction cellular internet: connexin hemichannels enter the signalling limelight. Biochem J (2006) 2.24
Droplet interface bilayers. Mol Biosyst (2008) 2.23
Gap junctional hemichannel-mediated ATP release and hearing controls in the inner ear. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.84
Gap junctions in the control of vascular function. Antioxid Redox Signal (2009) 1.47
Novel actions of bisphosphonates in bone: preservation of osteoblast and osteocyte viability. Bone (2010) 1.41
Gap junctional proteins of animals: the innexin/pannexin superfamily. Prog Biophys Mol Biol (2007) 1.41
Gap junction-mediated intercellular biochemical coupling in cochlear supporting cells is required for normal cochlear functions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.39
Connexin26 is responsible for anionic molecule permeability in the cochlea for intercellular signalling and metabolic communications. Eur J Neurosci (2005) 1.36
A novel mutation in GJA8 associated with jellyfish-like cataract in a family of Indian origin. Mol Vis (2008) 1.34
The role of altered cell-cell communication in melanoma progression. J Mol Histol (2004) 1.34
Gap junction- and hemichannel-independent actions of connexins. Biochim Biophys Acta (2004) 1.30
The myoendothelial junction: breaking through the matrix? Microcirculation (2009) 1.30
Distinct and gradient distributions of connexin26 and connexin30 in the cochlear sensory epithelium of guinea pigs. J Comp Neurol (2006) 1.30
Connexin45-containing neuronal gap junctions in rodent retina also contain connexin36 in both apposing hemiplaques, forming bihomotypic gap junctions, with scaffolding contributed by zonula occludens-1. J Neurosci (2008) 1.24
Gap junction protein connexin 43 serves as a negative marker for a stem cell-containing population of human limbal epithelial cells. Stem Cells (2006) 1.23
Gap junction communication between uterine stromal cells plays a critical role in pregnancy-associated neovascularization and embryo survival. Development (2008) 1.22
Two missense mutations of EGR2 R359W and GJB1 V136A in a Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease family. Neurogenetics (2005) 1.20
Diverse deafness mechanisms of connexin mutations revealed by studies using in vitro approaches and mouse models. Brain Res (2009) 1.20
Cx43 associates with Na(v)1.5 in the cardiomyocyte perinexus. J Membr Biol (2012) 1.19
Downregulation of connexin40 is associated with coronary endothelial cell dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol (2008) 1.19
Altered gating properties of functional Cx26 mutants associated with recessive non-syndromic hearing loss. Hum Genet (2004) 1.17
Pregnancy enhances sustained Ca2+ bursts and endothelial nitric oxide synthase activation in ovine uterine artery endothelial cells through increased connexin 43 function. Biol Reprod (2009) 1.17
Connexins and the kidney. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2010) 1.15
Molecular disruptions of the panglial syncytium block potassium siphoning and axonal saltatory conduction: pertinence to neuromyelitis optica and other demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system. Neuroscience (2009) 1.13
The tetraspan protein EMP2 modulates the surface expression of caveolins and glycosylphosphatidyl inositol-linked proteins. Mol Biol Cell (2004) 1.13
Functional characterization of a naturally occurring Cx50 truncation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2006) 1.12
Calmodulin association with connexin32-derived peptides suggests trans-domain interaction in chemical gating of gap junction channels. J Biol Chem (2008) 1.06
Electrical synapses in retinal ON cone bipolar cells: subtype-specific expression of connexins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.06
A genomewide survey of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis. X. Genes for cell junctions and extracellular matrix. Dev Genes Evol (2003) 1.05
The cataract causing Cx50-S50P mutant inhibits Cx43 and intercellular communication in the lens epithelium. Exp Cell Res (2009) 1.04
Cell-interdependent cisplatin killing by Ku/DNA-dependent protein kinase signaling transduced through gap junctions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 1.03
Dominant cataracts result from incongruous mixing of wild-type lens connexins. J Cell Biol (2003) 1.03
Genesis of prolactinomas: studies using estrogen-treated animals. Front Horm Res (2006) 1.00
Conductance of connexin hemichannels segregates with the first transmembrane segment. Biophys J (2005) 1.00
Hindered diffusion through an aqueous pore describes invariant dye selectivity of Cx43 junctions. Biophys J (2007) 1.00
Effects of connexin-mimetic peptides on gap junction functionality and connexin expression in cultured vascular cells. Br J Pharmacol (2005) 1.00
Biological and biophysical properties of vascular connexin channels. Int Rev Cell Mol Biol (2009) 0.98
Gap junctional intercellular communication as a biological "Rosetta stone" in understanding, in a systems biological manner, stem cell behavior, mechanisms of epigenetic toxicology, chemoprevention and chemotherapy. J Membr Biol (2007) 0.98
Gap junction channel protein innexin 2 is essential for epithelial morphogenesis in the Drosophila embryo. Mol Biol Cell (2004) 0.97
A mutation in GJA8 (p.P88Q) is associated with "balloon-like" cataract with Y-sutural opacities in a family of Indian origin. Mol Vis (2008) 0.97
GJB2 Gene Mutations in Syndromic Skin Diseases with Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Curr Genomics (2011) 0.96
The antiarrhythmic peptide rotigaptide (ZP123) increases gap junction intercellular communication in cardiac myocytes and HeLa cells expressing connexin 43. Br J Pharmacol (2006) 0.96
Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of 4 TMS junctional proteins of animals: connexins, innexins, claudins and occludins. J Membr Biol (2003) 0.95
Interactions of connexins with other membrane channels and transporters. Prog Biophys Mol Biol (2007) 0.93
Connexin 40, a target of transcription factor Tbx5, patterns wrist, digits, and sternum. Mol Cell Biol (2005) 0.93
Molecular interaction and functional regulation of connexin50 gap junctions by calmodulin. Biochem J (2011) 0.92
The role of connexins in prostate cancer promotion and progression. Nat Rev Urol (2012) 0.92
Differential connexin function enhances self-renewal in glioblastoma. Cell Rep (2015) 0.91
Heterozygous p.Asp50Asn mutation in the GJB2 gene in two Cameroonian patients with keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness (KID) syndrome. BMC Med Genet (2013) 0.90
The role of amino terminus of mouse Cx50 in determining transjunctional voltage-dependent gating and unitary conductance. Biophys J (2010) 0.90
Cell Volume Fluctuations in MDCK Monolayers. Biophys J (2015) 0.90
Regulation of cellular communication by signaling microdomains in the blood vessel wall. Pharmacol Rev (2014) 0.90
Consortin, a trans-Golgi network cargo receptor for the plasma membrane targeting and recycling of connexins. Hum Mol Genet (2009) 0.90
Gating of connexin 43 gap junctions by a cytoplasmic loop calmodulin binding domain. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol (2012) 0.90
Fucoxanthin: a marine carotenoid exerting anti-cancer effects by affecting multiple mechanisms. Mar Drugs (2013) 0.89
Rectifying electrical synapses can affect the influence of synaptic modulation on output pattern robustness. J Neurosci (2013) 0.89
Gap junction remodeling associated with cholesterol redistribution during fiber cell maturation in the adult chicken lens. Mol Vis (2009) 0.89
Connexin 36 expression regulates neuronal differentiation from neural progenitor cells. PLoS One (2011) 0.89
Mechanisms of spreading depolarization in vertebrate and insect central nervous systems. J Neurophysiol (2016) 0.88
Laminin-332 alters connexin profile, dye coupling and intercellular Ca2+ waves in ciliated tracheal epithelial cells. Respir Res (2006) 0.88
Regulation of gap junctional charge selectivity in cells coexpressing connexin 40 and connexin 43. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2009) 0.88
Novel mutations in GJA1 cause oculodentodigital syndrome. J Dent Res (2008) 0.87
Defective cancellous bone structure and abnormal response to PTH in cortical bone of mice lacking Cx43 cytoplasmic C-terminus domain. Bone (2015) 0.87
Mutational screening of Indian families with hereditary congenital cataract. Mol Vis (2013) 0.85
The unfolded protein response is activated in connexin 50 mutant mouse lenses. Exp Eye Res (2012) 0.85
Accessibility of cx46 hemichannels for uncharged molecules and its modulation by voltage. Biophys J (2004) 0.84
High throughput assay of diffusion through Cx43 gap junction channels with a microfluidic chip. Anal Chem (2010) 0.84
Traumatic brain injury in vivo and in vitro contributes to cerebral vascular dysfunction through impaired gap junction communication between vascular smooth muscle cells. J Neurotrauma (2014) 0.84
A co-operative regulation of neuronal excitability by UNC-7 innexin and NCA/NALCN leak channel. Mol Brain (2011) 0.84
Control of the neurovascular coupling by nitric oxide-dependent regulation of astrocytic Ca(2+) signaling. Front Cell Neurosci (2015) 0.84
Role of integrative signaling through gap junctions in toxicology. Curr Protoc Toxicol (2011) 0.84
CONNEXIN 43 AND BONE: NOT JUST A GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN. Actual osteol (2011) 0.84
Connexin expression and gap junctional coupling in human cumulus cells: contribution to embryo quality. J Cell Mol Med (2008) 0.83
An engineered dimeric protein pore that spans adjacent lipid bilayers. Nat Commun (2013) 0.82
Analysis of trafficking, stability and function of human connexin 26 gap junction channels with deafness-causing mutations in the fourth transmembrane helix. PLoS One (2013) 0.82
The nanostructure of myoendothelial junctions contributes to signal rectification between endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells. PLoS One (2012) 0.82
Prospective variants screening of connexin genes in children with hearing impairment: genotype/phenotype correlation. Hum Genet (2010) 0.82
Differential effects of Th1, monocyte/macrophage and Th2 cytokine mixtures on early gene expression for glial and neural-related molecules in central nervous system mixed glial cell cultures: neurotrophins, growth factors and structural proteins. J Neuroinflammation (2007) 0.82
Mutation R184Q of connexin 26 in hearing loss patients has a dominant-negative effect on connexin 26 and connexin 30. Eur J Hum Genet (2010) 0.81
Internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) activity generates endogenous carboxyl-terminal domains of Cx43 and is responsive to hypoxic conditions. J Biol Chem (2014) 0.81
Connexin36 in gap junctions forming electrical synapses between motoneurons in sexually dimorphic motor nuclei in spinal cord of rat and mouse. Eur J Neurosci (2013) 0.81
Extract from the zooxanthellate jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata modulates gap junction intercellular communication in human cell cultures. Mar Drugs (2013) 0.81
Endothelial and smooth muscle cell ion channels in pulmonary vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling. Compr Physiol (2011) 0.80
Differential regulation of Connexin50 and Connexin46 by PI3K signaling. FEBS Lett (2015) 0.80
Charcot-marie-tooth disease: seventeen causative genes. J Clin Neurol (2006) 0.80
Gap junction communication dynamics and bystander effects from ultrasoft X-rays. Br J Cancer (2004) 0.80
Inverse Relationship between Tumor Proliferation Markers and Connexin Expression in a Malignant Cardiac Tumor Originating from Mesenchymal Stem Cell Engineered Tissue in a Rat in vivo Model. Front Pharmacol (2013) 0.80
Representative Sinusoids for Hepatic Four-Scale Pharmacokinetics Simulations. PLoS One (2015) 0.80
Control of vascular smooth muscle cell growth by connexin 43. Front Physiol (2012) 0.80
Evolution of energy metabolism, stem cells and cancer stem cells: how the warburg and barker hypotheses might be linked. Int J Stem Cells (2012) 0.79
Connexin43 mediates NF-κB signalling activation induced by high glucose in GMCs: involvement of c-Src. Cell Commun Signal (2013) 0.79
5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine suppresses human renal carcinoma cell growth in a xenograft model via up-regulation of the connexin 32 gene. Br J Pharmacol (2008) 0.79
Macroscopic equations governing noisy spiking neuronal populations with linear synapses. PLoS One (2013) 0.78
Connexin 36 mediates blood cell flow in mouse pancreatic islets. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (2013) 0.78
Metabolism of cyclopropavir and ganciclovir in human cytomegalovirus-infected cells. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2014) 0.78
Administration of connexin43 siRNA abolishes secretory pulse synchronization in GnRH clonal cell populations. Mol Cell Endocrinol (2009) 0.78
Re-evaluation of connexins associated with motoneurons in rodent spinal cord, sexually dimorphic motor nuclei and trigeminal motor nucleus. Eur J Neurosci (2013) 0.78
The loss of cellular junctions in epithelial lung cells induced by cigarette smoke is attenuated by corilagin. Oxid Med Cell Longev (2015) 0.78
Connexin channels, connexin mimetic peptides and ATP release. Cell Commun Adhes (2003) 1.45
Pharmacological sensitivity of ATP release triggered by photoliberation of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate and zero extracellular calcium in brain endothelial cells. J Cell Physiol (2003) 1.21
Photoliberating inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate triggers ATP release that is blocked by the connexin mimetic peptide gap 26. Cell Calcium (2003) 1.20
ATP release by cardiac myocytes in a simulated ischaemia model: inhibition by a connexin mimetic and enhancement by an antiarrhythmic peptide. Eur J Pharmacol (2008) 1.09
Relative contributions of NO and gap junctional communication to endothelium-dependent relaxations of rabbit resistance arteries vary with vessel size. Microvasc Res (2002) 1.06
Connexin mimetic peptides improve cell migration rates of human epidermal keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts in vitro. Wound Repair Regen (2009) 1.02
Connexin 43 mimetic peptide Gap27 reveals potential differences in the role of Cx43 in wound repair between diabetic and non-diabetic cells. J Cell Mol Med (2011) 0.97
The antiarrhythmic peptide rotigaptide (ZP123) increases gap junction intercellular communication in cardiac myocytes and HeLa cells expressing connexin 43. Br J Pharmacol (2006) 0.96
Elevated endothelial nitric oxide bioactivity and resistance to angiotensin-dependent hypertension in 12/15-lipoxygenase knockout mice. Am J Pathol (2005) 0.91
Lighting up gap junction channels in a flash. Bioessays (2002) 0.82
The connexin mimetic peptide Gap27 increases human dermal fibroblast migration in hyperglycemic and hyperinsulinemic conditions in vitro. J Cell Physiol (2011) 0.82
Cell motility in models of wounded human skin is improved by Gap27 despite raised glucose, insulin and IGFBP-5. Exp Cell Res (2012) 0.80
The anti-arrhythmic peptide AAP10 remodels Cx43 and Cx40 expression and function. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol (2009) 0.78