"Gap Junctions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Connections between cells which allow passage of small molecules and electric current. Gap junctions were first described anatomically as regions of close apposition between cells with a narrow (1-2 nm) gap between cell membranes. The variety in the properties of gap junctions is reflected in the number of CONNEXINS, the family of proteins which form the junctions.
| Descriptor ID |
D017629
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.149.165.420.471
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| Concept/Terms |
Gap Junctions- Gap Junctions
- Gap Junction
- Junction, Gap
- Junctions, Gap
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gap Junctions" by people in Profiles.
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Regulation of cardiac gap junctions by protein phosphatases. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2017 06; 107:52-57.
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Connexin40 abnormalities and atrial fibrillation in the human heart. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2014 Nov; 76:159-68.
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Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) and cell-to-cell communication in bone marrow stromal cells. Ultrasonics. 2011 Jul; 51(5):639-44.
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Gap junction permeability: selectivity for anionic and cationic probes. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2011 Mar; 300(3):C600-9.
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Decreased intercellular coupling improves the function of cardiac pacemakers derived from mouse embryonic stem cells. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2008 Nov; 45(5):642-9.
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Phosphatidylinositol-bisphosphate regulates intercellular coupling in cardiac myocytes. Pflugers Arch. 2008 Nov; 457(2):303-13.
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Gap junction channels exhibit connexin-specific permeability to cyclic nucleotides. J Gen Physiol. 2008 Apr; 131(4):293-305.
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Cataracts are caused by alterations of a critical N-terminal positive charge in connexin50. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Jun; 49(6):2549-56.
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Human connexin26 and connexin30 form functional heteromeric and heterotypic channels. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2007 Sep; 293(3):C1032-48.
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Lens structure in MIP-deficient mice. Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol. 2003 Aug; 273(2):714-30.