[Connexin signaling: a new mechanism for protection of insulin-producing cells against apoptosis]

Med Sci (Paris). 2012 Jan;28(1):41-4. doi: 10.1051/medsci/2012281015. Epub 2012 Jan 27.
[Article in French]
No abstract available

Publication types

  • News
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Apoptosis / physiology*
  • Cell Communication / physiology
  • Cell Line
  • Connexins / physiology*
  • Cytokines / physiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / prevention & control
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / metabolism
  • Gap Junction delta-2 Protein
  • Humans
  • Insulin / biosynthesis*
  • Insulin / genetics
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells / drug effects
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells / metabolism
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells / pathology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Rats
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*
  • Th1 Cells / immunology
  • Th1 Cells / metabolism

Substances

  • Connexins
  • Cytokines
  • Insulin