Connexins and gap junctions in the inner ear – it’s not just about K+ recycling

Connexin30-mediated intercellular communication plays an essential role in epithelial repair in the cochlea

(2013) A. Forge et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Hearing Is Normal without Connexin30

(2013) A.-C. Boulay et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The role of connexins in ear and skin physiology — Functional insights from disease-associated mutations

(2012) Ji Xu et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Co-localisation of Kir4.1 and AQP4 in rat and human cochleae reveals a gap in water channel expression at the transduction sites of endocochlear K+ recycling routes

(2012) Andreas Eckhard et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

The enigmatic root cell – Emerging roles contributing to fluid homeostasis within the cochlear outer sulcus

(2012) Daniel J. Jagger et al.   HEARING RESEARCH

Contractility in Type III Cochlear Fibrocytes Is Dependent on Non-muscle Myosin II and Intercellular Gap Junctional Coupling

(2012) John J. Kelly et al.   JARO-JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY

Defining the Cellular Environment in the Organ of Corti following Extensive Hair Cell Loss: A Basis for Future Sensory Cell Replacement in the Cochlea

(2012) Ruth R. Taylor et al.   PLoS One

Connexin32 can restore hearing in connexin26 deficient mice

(2011) Joachim Degen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Position-dependent patterning of spontaneous action potentials in immature cochlear inner hair cells

(2011) Stuart L Johnson et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Development of gap junctional intercellular communication within the lateral wall of the rat cochlea

(2011) J.J. Kelly et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

The human deafness-associated connexin 30 T5M mutation causes mild hearing loss and reduces biochemical coupling among cochlear non-sensory cells in knock-in mice

(2010) Melanie Schütz et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

The Membrane Properties of Cochlear Root Cells are Consistent with Roles in Potassium Recirculation and Spatial Buffering

(2010) Daniel J. Jagger et al.   JARO-JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY

ATP-mediated cell–cell signaling in the organ of Corti: the role of connexin channels

(2010) Paromita Majumder et al.   Purinergic Signalling

Targeted connexin26 ablation arrests postnatal development of the organ of Corti

(2009) Yunfeng Wang et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The digenic hypothesis unraveled: The GJB6 del(GJB6-D13S1830) mutation causes allele-specific loss of GJB2 expression in cis

(2009) Juan Rodriguez-Paris et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Connexin-26 mutations in deafness and skin disease

(2009) Jack R. Lee et al.   EXPERT REVIEWS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Unique expression of connexins in the human cochlea

(2009) Wei Liu et al.   HEARING RESEARCH

A new large deletion in the DFNB1 locus causes nonsyndromic hearing loss

(2008) Delphine Feldmann et al.   European Journal of Medical Genetics

Dynamic ATP signalling and neural development

(2008) Nicholas Dale   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Gap Junction Mediated Intercellular Metabolite Transfer in the Cochlea Is Compromised in Connexin30 Null Mice

(2008) Qing Chang et al.   PLoS One

ATP release through connexin hemichannels and gap junction transfer of second messengers propagate Ca2+ signals across the inner ear

(2008) F. Anselmi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA