Role of gap junctions between keratinocyte and melanocyte in melanogenesis

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 495-502
Author(s):  
Divya Padma ◽  
Kapaettu Satyamoorthy ◽  
Kumar M. R. Bhat
Keyword(s):  
Gap Junctions

Role of FSH and triiodothyronine in Sertoli cell development expressed by formation of connexin 43-based gap junctions

2011 ◽  
Vol 315A (6) ◽  
pp. 329-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Marchlewska ◽  
Krzysztof Kula ◽  
Renata Walczak-Jedrzejowska ◽  
Elzbieta Oszukowska ◽  
Eliza Filipiak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gap Junctions ◽  
Sertoli Cell ◽  
Connexin 43 ◽  
Cell Development

scholarly journals Role of gap junctions in gastric mucosal protection.

1993 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Fujsao Ueda ◽  
Kiyotaka Mimura ◽  
Shin-ichi Tsuchiya ◽  
Kiyoshi Kimura
Keyword(s):  
Gap Junctions ◽  
Mucosal Protection ◽  
Gastric Mucosal Protection

The Molecular Basis of Anisotropy: Role of Gap Junctions

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 498-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEFFREY E. SAFFITZ ◽  
LLOYD M. DAVIS ◽  
BRUCE J. DARROW ◽  
H. KANTER ◽  
JAMES G. LAING ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gap Junctions ◽  
Molecular Basis

The safety role of gap junctions: A new perspective on atrio-ventricular nodal reentry

2006 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 1253-1254
Author(s):  
Somayeh Mahdavi ◽  
Shahriar Gharibzadeh ◽  
Farzad Towhidkhah ◽  
Mostafa Rezaei-Tavirani
Keyword(s):  
Gap Junctions ◽  
New Perspective

Possible role of gap junctions in activation of myometrium during parturition

1978 ◽  
Vol 235 (5) ◽  
pp. C168-C179 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Garfield ◽  
S. M. Sims ◽  
M. S. Kannan ◽  
E. E. Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Gap Junctions ◽  
Freeze Fracture ◽  
Normal Pregnancy ◽  
Pregnant Rats ◽  
Junction Formation ◽  
Synchronous Contraction ◽  
Do So

Gap junctions between smooth muscle cells of the myometrium of pregnant rats were found only immediately prior to, during and immediately after parturition by quantitative thin-section and freeze-fracture microscopy. Ovariectomy of 16- to 17-days-pregnant rats resulted in premature termination of pregnancy and the appearance of gap junctions. Methods that prolonged normal pregnancy in rats or maintained pregnancy in ovariectomized animals (progesterone treatment) prevented the appearance of gap junctions. Gap junctions formed in tissues incubated for 24--96 h in vitro without any hormonal influence. We propose that gap junctions are essential for normal labor and delivery for synchronous contraction of the muscle of the uterus. We present a model for control of parturition that may apply to other animals including humans. The model proposes: 1) the possible roles progesterone, prostaglandins, or estrogens may play in initiating gap-junction formation; 2) that the formation of gap junctions is a necessary step in activation of the myometrium leading to labor; and 3) that agents used to stimulate or inhibit labor may do so by affecting gap junctions.

Vasomotion in Human Umbilical and Placental Veins: Role of Gap Junctions and Intracellular Calcium Reservoirs in Their Synchronous Propagation

Placenta ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 328-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Nicolás García-Huidobro ◽  
M. Trinidad García-Huidobro ◽  
J. Pablo G. Huidobro-Toro
Keyword(s):  
Gap Junctions ◽  
Intracellular Calcium
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