Gap junction and hemichannel-independent actions of connexins on cell and tissue functions - An update

The anti-mitotic drug griseofulvin induces apoptosis of human germ cell tumor cells through a connexin 43-dependent molecular mechanism

(2013) V. Mauro et al.   APOPTOSIS

MAPK Phosphorylation of Connexin 43 Promotes Binding of Cyclin E and Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation

(2012) Scott R. Johnstone et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Connexin 43 interacts with Bax to regulate apoptosis of pancreatic cancer through a gap junction-independent pathway

(2012) YAN SUN et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY

A dominant negative Cx43 mutant differentially affects tumorigenic and invasive properties in human metastatic melanoma cells

(2012) Shoshanna N. Zucker et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Non-channel functions of connexins in cell growth and cell death

(2011) Mathieu Vinken et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

The gap junction protein Cx43 is involved in the bone-targeted metastatic behaviour of human prostate cancer cells

(2011) Coralie Lamiche et al.   CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL METASTASIS

Cx31.1 acts as a tumour suppressor in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines through inhibition of cell proliferation and metastasis

(2011) Deqiang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

The Tumor-Suppressive Function of Connexin43 in Keratinocytes Is Mediated in Part via Interaction with Caveolin-1

(2010) S. Langlois et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Gap Junctions or Hemichannel-Dependent and Independent Roles of Connexins in Cataractogenesis and Lens Development

(2010) J. X. Jiang   CURRENT MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Amino Acid Residue Val362Plays a Critical Role in Maintaining the Structure of C Terminus of Connexin 50 and in Lens Epithelial-fiber Differentiation

(2010) Qian Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The carboxy-terminal tail of connexin43 gap junction protein is sufficient to mediate cytoskeleton changes in human glioma cells

(2010) Sophie Crespin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

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

Connexin 43 regulates astrocytic migration and proliferation in response to injury

(2010) B. Homkajorn et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Connexin43 inhibits the oncogenic activity of c-Src in C6 glioma cells

(2010) S Herrero-González et al.   ONCOGENE

Oxidized Phospholipid Species Promote in Vivo Differential Cx43 Phosphorylation and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation

(2009) Scott R. Johnstone et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Exogenous Cx43 expression decrease cell proliferation rate in rat hepatocarcinoma cells independently of functional gap junction

(2009) Marisa Ionta et al.   Cancer Cell International

Phosphorylation of connexin-43 at serine 262 promotes a cardiac injury-resistant state

(2009) Wattamon Srisakuldee et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Connexins: a myriad of functions extending beyond assembly of gap junction channels

(2009) Hashem A Dbouk et al.   Cell Communication and Signaling

Connexin 32 increases the proliferative response of Schwann cells to neuregulin-1 (Nrg1)

(2009) M. Freidin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gap Junctions and Cancer: New Functions for an Old Story

(2008) Laurent Cronier et al.   ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING

Connexin 43 recruits E-cadherin expression and inhibits the malignant behaviour of lung cancer cells.

(2008) Hong-Tao Xu et al.   FOLIA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOBIOLOGICA