オヤマダ マサヒト   Oyamada Masahito
  小山田 正人
   所属   藤女子大学  人間生活学部 食物栄養学科
   職種   特任教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2013/01
形態種別 研究論文(学術雑誌)
査読 査読あり
標題 Regulation of connexin expression by transcription factors and epigenetic mechanisms
執筆形態 共著
掲載誌名 BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES
掲載区分国外
出版社・発行元 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
巻・号・頁 1828(1),pp.118-133
著者・共著者 Masahito Oyamada,Kumiko Takebe,Yumiko Oyamada
概要 Gap junctions are specialized cell-cell junctions that directly link the cytoplasm of neighboring cells. They mediate the direct transfer of metabolites and ions from one cell to another. Discoveries of human genetic disorders due to mutations in gap junction protein (connexin [Cx]) genes andexperimental data on connexin knockout mice provide direct evidence that gap junctional intercellular communication is essential for tissue functions and organ development, and that its dysfunction causes diseases. Thus far, 21 human genes and 20 mouse genes for connexins have been identified. Connexin expression can be regulated at many of the steps in the pathway from DNA to RNA to protein. In recent years, it has become clear that epigenetic processes are also essentially involved in connexin gene expression. In this review, we summarize recent knowledge on regulation of connexin expression by transcription factors and epigenetic mechanisms inc
DOI 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.12.031
ISSN 00052736
PMID 22244842
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