Peptidoglycan derived fromStaphylococcus epidermidisinduces Connexin43 hemichannel activity with consequences on the innate immune response in endothelial cells

Connexin 43 mimetic peptide Gap27 reveals potential differences in the role of Cx43 in wound repair between diabetic and non-diabetic cells

(2010) Simone Pollok et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Enhanced connexin 43 expression delays intra-mitoitc duration and cell cycle traverse independently of gap junction channel function

(2010) Scott R. Johnstone et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Differentially altered Ca2+regulation and Ca2+permeability in Cx26 hemichannels formed by the A40V and G45E mutations that cause keratitis ichthyosis deafness syndrome

(2010) Helmuth A. Sánchez et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Pannexin 1 Contributes to ATP Release in Airway Epithelia

(2009) George A. Ransford et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Pathogen recognition in the innate immune response

(2009) Himanshu Kumar et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Connexin43 phosphorylation: structural changes and biological effects

(2009) Joell L. Solan et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Pannexins, distant relatives of the connexin family with specific cellular functions?

(2009) Catheleyne D'hondt et al.   BIOESSAYS

Ca2+ regulation of connexin 43 hemichannels in C6 glioma and glial cells

(2009) Elke De Vuyst et al.   CELL CALCIUM

Gap junction hemichannels contribute to the generation of diarrhoea during infectious enteric disease

(2009) J. A. Guttman et al.   GUT

EKV mutant connexin 31 associated cell death is mediated by ER stress

(2009) Daniel Tattersall et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

TLR2 Mediates Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication through Connexin-43 in Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Injury

(2009) Birgit Ey et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Connexin43 modulates neutrophil recruitment to the lung

(2009) Maya Z. Richani Sarieddine et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

The anti-arrhythmic peptide AAP10 remodels Cx43 and Cx40 expression and function

(2009) Jennifer A. Easton et al.   NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERGS ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY

Innate Immune Responses to Danger Signals in Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Sepsis

(2009) A. Castellheim et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Diverse Subcellular Distribution Profiles of Pannexin1 and Pannexin3

(2008) Silvia Penuela et al.   CELL COMMUNICATION AND ADHESION

ATP release by cardiac myocytes in a simulated ischaemia model

(2008) Thomas C. Clarke et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Comparison of biofilm-associated cell survival following in vitro exposure of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilms to the antibiotics clindamycin, daptomycin, linezolid, tigecycline and vancomycin

(2008) Karen Smith et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

The Scaffold MyD88 Acts to Couple Protein Kinase Cϵ to Toll-like Receptors

(2008) Amir Faisal et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Lipopolysaccharide plus hypoxia and reoxygenation synergistically reduce electrical coupling between microvascular endothelial cells by dephosphorylating Connexin40

(2008) Michael L. Bolon et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Connexin Mutations Causing Skin Disease and Deafness Increase Hemichannel Activity and Cell Death when Expressed in Xenopus Oocytes

(2008) Jack R. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

ATP Release from Vascular Endothelia Occurs Across Cx43 Hemichannels and Is Attenuated during Hypoxia

(2008) Marion Faigle et al.   PLoS One

Staphylococcal peptidoglycan initiates an inflammatory response and procoagulant activity in human vascular endothelial cells: a comparison with highly purified lipoteichoic acid and TSST-1

(2007) Eva Mattsson et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY