Mutant connexin 50 (S276F) inhibits channel and hemichannel functions inducing cataract

Connexin hemichannels in the lens

(2014) Eric C. Beyer et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Cataract-Causing Mutation of Human Connexin 46 Impairs Gap Junction, but Increases Hemichannel Function and Cell Death

(2013) Qian Ren et al.   PLoS One

Different consequences of cataract-associated mutations at adjacent positions in the first extracellular boundary of connexin50

(2011) Jun-Jie Tong et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Phosphorylation of Connexin 50 by Protein Kinase A Enhances Gap Junction and Hemichannel Function

(2011) Jialu Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The cataract causing Cx50-S50P mutant inhibits Cx43 and intercellular communication in the lens epithelium

(2009) Adam M. DeRosa et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Connexin mutation that causes dominant congenital cataracts inhibits gap junctions, but not hemichannels, in a dominant negative manner

(2009) E. A. Banks et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Advantages and limitations of commonly used methods to assay the molecular permeability of gap junctional intercellular communication

(2008) Muriel Abbaci et al.   BIOTECHNIQUES

The cytoplasmic accumulations of the cataract-associated mutant, Connexin50P88S, are long-lived and form in the endoplasmic reticulum

(2008) Alexandra Lichtenstein et al.   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH