supported by the “New Xiangya Talent Projects” of the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (JY201710)
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a Gram-negative bacterium with a number of virulence factors, such as cytotoxin-associated gene A, vacuolating cytotoxin A, its pathogenicity island, and lipopolysaccharide, which ca...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 39630100)
The study on biological effect of electromagnetic fields has been paid close attention in recent years. Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) plays an important role in the maintenance of cell proliferatio...
Objective: To define the mechanisms underlying the keloid formation. Methods: The gap junctional intercellu- lar commumication (GJIC) of fibroblasts derived from pathological scars and noed skin was investigated. Six ...
Objective: To explore the pathophysiological mechanism of the changes in gap junctionalintercellular communication (GJIC) in the myocardial cells after burns. Methods: After the myocardial cellswere cultured and injur...
Human nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) cell line,CNE-2Z, and its clones(L2, H2, L4) with various invasive and metastatic potentials were examined for their gap junctions(GJ), gap junctional intercellular communication(GJ...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the exchange program between China and Canada.
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells express low levels of the gap junction protein connexin 43 (Cx43), and its mRNA, and display very weak gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) as detected by Cx43 immunofluorescen...