Are there functional gap junctions or junctional hemichannels in macrophages?

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Published in Blood on July 01, 1996

Authors

L A Alves1, R Coutinho-Silva, P M Persechini, D C Spray, W Savino, A C Campos de Carvalho

Author Affiliations

1: Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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