Delineation of the key aspects in the regulation of epithelial monolayer formation.
AuthorsAschauer L, Gruber LN, Pfaller W, Limonciel A, Athersuch TJ, Cavill R, Khan A, Gstraunthaler G, Grillari J, Grillari R, Hewitt P, Leonard MO, Wilmes A, Jennings P,
JournalMol Cell Biol
PubMed ID23608536
'The formation, maintenance, and repair of epithelial barriers are of critical importance for whole-body homeostasis. However, the molecular events involved in epithelial tissue maturation are not fully established. To this end, we investigated the molecular processes involved in renal epithelial proximal-tubule monolayer maturation utilizing transcriptomic, metabolomic, and functional parameters. We ... More
Connexin47, connexin29 and connexin32 co-expression in oligodendrocytes and Cx47 association with zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) in mouse brain.
AuthorsLi X, Ionescu AV, Lynn BD, Lu S, Kamasawa N, Morita M, Davidson KG, Yasumura T, Rash JE, Nagy JI
JournalNeuroscience
PubMed ID15183511
Gap junctions between glial cells in mammalian CNS are known to contain several connexins (Cx), including Cx26, Cx30 and Cx43 at astrocyte-to-astrocyte junctions, and Cx29 and Cx32 on the oligodendrocyte side of astrocyte-to-oligodendrocyte junctions. Recent reports indicating that oligodendrocytes also express Cx47 prompted the present studies of Cx47 localization and ... More