Normal Differentiation of Cultured Lens Cells after Inhibition of Gap Junction-Mediated Intercellular Communication

Cardiac Malformation in Neonatal Mice Lacking Connexin43

1995 • 1,242 citations

CONNEXINS, CONNEXONS, AND INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION

1996 • 1,180 citations

Connexin43: a protein from rat heart homologous to a gap junction protein from liver.

1987 • 1,111 citations

Gap junctions: New tools, new answers, new questions

1991 • 981 citations

The role of the cell adhesion molecule uvomorulin in the formation and maintenance of the epithelial junctional complex.

1988 • 810 citations

Female infertility in mice lacking connexin 37

1997 • 726 citations

Biochemical analysis of connexin43 intracellular transport, phosphorylation, and assembly into gap junctional plaques.

1991 • 705 citations

Differential phosphorylation of the gap junction protein connexin43 in junctional communication-competent and -deficient cell lines.

1990 • 697 citations

Scrape-loading and dye transfer

1987 • 669 citations

Lens Differentiation in Vertebrates

1981 • 638 citations

Connexin46, a novel lens gap junction protein, induces voltage-gated currents in nonjunctional plasma membrane of Xenopus oocytes.

1991 • 600 citations

A Synthetic Peptide Corresponding to the Extracellular Domain of Occludin Perturbs the Tight Junction Permeability Barrier

1997 • 527 citations

Morphoregulatory molecules

1988 • 460 citations

Antibodies to gap-junctional protein selectively disrupt junctional communication in the early amphibian embryo

1984 • 434 citations

Calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion molecules (cadherins): subclass specificities and possible involvement of actin bundles.

1987 • 432 citations

Disruption of α3 Connexin Gene Leads to Proteolysis and Cataractogenesis in Mice

1997 • 415 citations

Physiological properties of the normal lens

1997 • 393 citations

Characterization of ZO-1, a protein component of the tight junction from mouse liver and Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.

1988 • 366 citations

Expression of the gap junction protein connexin43 in embryonic chick lens: Molecular cloning, ultrastructural localization, and post-translational phosphorylation

1990 • 358 citations

Inhibition of gap junction and adherens junction assembly by connexin and A-CAM antibodies.

1992 • 351 citations

Mouse Cx50, a functional member of the connexin family of gap junction proteins, is the lens fiber protein MP70.

1992 • 332 citations

Reversible inhibition of intercellular junctional communication by glycyrrhetinic acid

1986 • 302 citations

COOH Terminus of Occludin Is Required for Tight Junction Barrier Function in Early Xenopus Embryos

1997 • 301 citations

The crystalline lens. A system networked by gap junctional intercellular communication

1992 • 222 citations

Gap junctional communication and development

1989 • 215 citations

The cellular internet: On‐line with connexins

1996 • 201 citations

Lens metabolic cooperation: a study of mouse lens transport and permeability visualized with freeze-substitution autoradiography and electron microscopy.

1980 • 194 citations

Evidence That Disruption of Connexon Particle Arrangements in Gap Junction Plaques Is Associated with Inhibition of Gap Junctional Communication by a Glycyrrhetinic Acid Derivative

1996 • 184 citations

Gap junctional communication and compaction during preimplantation stages of mouse development

1987 • 181 citations

Gap-junction disassembly and connexin 43 dephosphorylation induced by 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid

1996 • 169 citations

Spatial and temporal distribution of the adherens-junction-associated adhesion molecule A-CAM during avian embryogenesis

1988 • 161 citations

A-CAM: a 135-kD receptor of intercellular adherens junctions. II. Antibody-mediated modulation of junction formation.

1986 • 160 citations

The role of gap junction membrane channels in development

1996 • 158 citations

Cellular and molecular features of lens differentiation: a review of recent advances

1996 • 128 citations

Gap junctions in development—a perspective

1992 • 126 citations

Chicken embryo lens cultures mimic differentiation in the lens

1984 • 125 citations

Adequate connexin-mediated coupling is required for proper insulin production.

1995 • 121 citations

Chick connexin-56, a novel lens gap junction protein. Molecular cloning and functional expression.

1993 • 110 citations

Protein synthesis and ultrastructure during the formation of embryonic chick lens fibers in vivo and in vitro

1972 • 106 citations

Junctions between lens fiber cells are labeled with a monoclonal antibody shown to be specific for MP26.

1985 • 106 citations

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of chick lens fiber connexin 45.6.

1994 • 102 citations

Spatial variations in membrane properties in the intact rat lens

1992 • 99 citations

Differentiation of lens fibers in explanted embryonic chick lens epithelia

1973 • 97 citations

Expression of a dominant negative inhibitor of intercellular communication in the early Xenopus embryo causes delamination and extrusion of cells

1995 • 87 citations

LI-Cadherin–mediated Cell–Cell Adhesion Does Not Require Cytoplasmic Interactions

1997 • 87 citations

Abnormal development and dye coupling produced by antisense RNA to gap junction protein in mouse preimplantation embryos.

1989 • 85 citations

Transport properties of the lens

1985 • 85 citations

Gap Junction Formation between Cultured Embryonic Lens Cells Is Inhibited by Antibody to N-Cadherin

1996 • 83 citations

Insulin initiation of lens fiber differentiation in culture: Elongation of embryonic lens epithelial cells

1973 • 80 citations

The role of gap junctions in patterning of the chick limb bud.

1990 • 77 citations

Evidence for two physiologically distinct gap junctions expressed by the chick lens epithelial cell.

1986 • 76 citations

Blocking gap junctional intercellular communication in myoblasts inhibits myogenin and MRF4 expression

1997 • 73 citations

Regulation of lens cell growth and polarity by an embryo-specific growth factor and by inhibitors of lens cell proliferation and differentiation

1993 • 72 citations

Reduced cell-cell communication between mitotic and nonmitotic coupled cells

1992 • 70 citations

Differential effects of aqueous and vitreous on fiber differentiation and extracellular matrix accumulation in lens epithelial explants.

1995 • 67 citations

Micromolar levels of intracellular calcium reduce gap junctional permeability in lens cultures.

1994 • 65 citations

Growth inhibition of oncogene-transformed rat fibroblasts by cocultured normal cells: relevance of metabolic cooperation mediated by gap junctions.

1991 • 65 citations

The Specialized Junctions of the Lens

1992 • 60 citations

Changes in Connexin Expression and Distribution During Chick Lens Development

1995 • 60 citations

The network properties of bipolar–bipolar cell coupling in the retina of teleost fishes

1994 • 59 citations

Expression of the gene for main intrinsic polypeptide (MIP): separate spatial distributions of MIP and beta-crystallin gene transcripts in rat lens development.

1988 • 59 citations

Is Intercellular Communication Via Gap Junctions Required for Myoblast Fusion?

1994 • 57 citations

Cell-to-cell communication in a differentiating ovine lens culture system.

1994 • 52 citations

Age of rats affects response of lens epithelial explants to fibroblast growth factor

1992 • 52 citations

Normal development of preimplantation mouse embryos deficient in gap junctional coupling

1997 • 44 citations

NCAM in the differentiation of embryonic lens tissue

1989 • 43 citations

Restoration of Cell-to-Cell Communication in Thyroid Cell Lines by Transfection with and Stable Expression of the Connexin-32 Gene

1997 • 42 citations

Differentiation of Rat Lens Epithelial Cells in Tissue Culture

1976 • 41 citations

Transfection of rhabdomyosarcoma cells with connexin43 induces myogenic differentiation.

1997 • 41 citations

Cytodifferentiation of precultured embryonic chick lens epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo

1968 • 38 citations

Characterization of the gap junction protein connexin56 in the chicken lens by immunofluorescence and immunoblotting.

1994 • 35 citations

Junctions between lens cells in differentiating cultures: Structure, formation, intercellular permeability, and junctional protein expression

1987 • 35 citations

Inhibition of chicken embryo lens differentiation and lens junction formation in culture by pp60v-src.

1988 • 33 citations

Enhancement of differentiation of human lens epithelium in tissue culture by changes in cell-substrate adhesion.

1990 • 31 citations

Double-staining of horizontal and amacrine cells by intracellular injection with Lucifer Yellow and biocytin in carp retina

1994 • 30 citations

Gap junction formation during development of the mouse lens.

1993 • 28 citations

Inhibition of Chicken Embryo Lens Differentiation and Lens Junction Formation in Culture by pp60^v-src

1988 • 27 citations

Transient involvement of gap junctional communication before fusion of newborn rat myoblasts

1997 • 18 citations