"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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 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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The Living Scar--Cardiac Fibroblasts and the Injured Heart. Trends Mol Med. 2016 Feb; 22(2):99-114.
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Cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of the ubiquitin ligase Wwp1 contributes to reduction in Connexin 43 and arrhythmogenesis. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2015 Nov; 88:1-13.
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Laser cell-micropatterned pair of cardiomyocytes: the relationship between basement membrane development and gap junction maturation. Biofabrication. 2014 Sep 12; 6(4):045003.
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Cardiac to cancer: connecting connexins to clinical opportunity. FEBS Lett. 2014 Apr 17; 588(8):1349-64.
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The perinexus: sign-post on the path to a new model of cardiac conduction? Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2013 Aug; 23(6):222-8.
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Cardiac progenitor cells engineered with Pim-1 (CPCeP) develop cardiac phenotypic electrophysiological properties as they are co-cultured with neonatal myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2012 Nov; 53(5):695-706.
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Laser-patterned stem-cell bridges in a cardiac muscle model for on-chip electrical conductivity analyses. Lab Chip. 2012 Feb 07; 12(3):566-73.
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The perinexus: a new feature of Cx43 gap junction organization. Heart Rhythm. 2012 Apr; 9(4):619-23.
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The connexin43 carboxyl terminus and cardiac gap junction organization. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Aug; 1818(8):1831-43.
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Connexin 43 connexon to gap junction transition is regulated by zonula occludens-1. Mol Biol Cell. 2011 May; 22(9):1516-28.