Title : Mechanical strain opens connexin 43 hemichannels in osteocytes: a novel mechanism for the release of prostaglandin.

Pub. Date : 2005 Jul

PMID : 15843434






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1 This response was significantly reduced by antisense to Cx43 and by the gap junction and hemichannel inhibitors 18 beta-glycyrrhetinic acid and carbenoxolone, even in cells without physical contact, suggesting the involvement of Cx43-hemichannels. hemichannel gap junction protein, alpha 3 Mus musculus