Key functions for gap junctions in skin and hearing

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

(2010) Jennifer Robertson et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Novel and recurrent connexin 30.3 and connexin 31 mutations associated with erythrokeratoderma variabilis

(2010) C. A. Scott et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

The connexin26 S17F mouse mutant represents a model for the human hereditary keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome

(2010) M. Schutz et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

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

The missense mutation G12D in connexin30.3 can cause both erythrokeratodermia variabilis of Mendes da Costa and progressive symmetric erythrokeratodermia of Gottron

(2009) M.A.M. van Steensel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A

Connexin43 phosphorylation: structural changes and biological effects

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

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

Connexin30 null and conditional connexin26 null mice display distinct pattern and time course of cellular degeneration in the cochlea

(2009) Yu Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

The Unfolded Protein Response Is Activated in Differentiating Epidermal Keratinocytes

(2009) Kazumitsu Sugiura et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

The gap junction proteome and its relationship to disease

(2009) Dale W. Laird   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Gap-Junction Channels Dysfunction in Deafness and Hearing Loss

(2008) Agustín D. Martínez et al.   ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING

Does epidermal thickening explain GJB2 high carrier frequency and heterozygote advantage?

(2008) Pio D'Adamo et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

A novel M163L mutation in connexin 26 causing cell death and associated with autosomal dominant hearing loss

(2008) T.D. Matos et al.   HEARING RESEARCH

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

Cell death and endoplasmic reticulum stress: disease relevance and therapeutic opportunities

(2008) Inki Kim et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Role of connexin-43 hemichannels in the pathogenesis of Yersinia enterocolitica

(2008) L.A. Velasquez Almonacid et al.   VETERINARY JOURNAL

A Murine Living Skin Equivalent Amenable to Live-Cell Imaging: Analysis of the Roles of Connexins in the Epidermis

(2007) Eve E. Kandyba et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY