Gap-junctional communication is required for the maturation process of osteoblastic cells in culture

Junctional intercellular communication: the cell-to-cell membrane channel.

1981 • 1,268 citations

Distinct proliferative and differentiated stages of murine MC3T3-E1 cells in culture: An in vitro model of osteoblast development

1992 • 949 citations

Connexin family of gap junction proteins

1990 • 553 citations

Gap junction structures: Analysis of the x-ray diffraction data

1977 • 501 citations

Establishment of a clonal osteogenic cell line from newborn mouse calvaria

1981 • 501 citations

Morphological evidence of gap junctions between bone cells

1981 • 454 citations

Rapidly Forming Apatitic Mineral in an Osteoblastic Cell Line (UMR 106—01 BSP)

1995 • 429 citations

Glycyrrhetinic acid derivatives: a novel class of inhibitors of gap-junctional intercellular communication. Structure-activity relationships.

1988 • 365 citations

Reversible inhibition of intercellular junctional communication by glycyrrhetinic acid

1986 • 302 citations

Gap Junctional Communication Modulates Gene Expression in Osteoblastic Cells

1998 • 254 citations

ATP- and Gap Junction–dependent Intercellular Calcium Signaling in Osteoblastic Cells

1997 • 244 citations

Connexin43 and connexin45 form gap junctions with different molecular permeabilities in osteoblastic cells.

1994 • 240 citations

Connexin43 mediates direct intercellular communication in human osteoblastic cell networks.

1993 • 227 citations

A pre-loading method of evaluating gap junctional communication by fluorescent dye transfer.

1995 • 210 citations

Gap junction structures

1984 • 193 citations

Cell-to-cell communication in osteoblastic networks: Cell line–dependent hormonal regulation of gap junction function

1995 • 170 citations

Connexin46 Is Retained as Monomers in a trans-Golgi Compartment of Osteoblastic Cells

1997 • 162 citations

Cyclic Stretch Enhances Gap Junctional Communication Between Osteoblastic Cells

1998 • 161 citations

Cortical bone repair. The relationship of the lacunar-canalicular system and intercellular gap junctions to the repair process.

1988 • 147 citations

Connexin 43 expression in the mouse embryo: Localization of transcripts within developmentally significant domains

1992 • 140 citations

Specificity of gap junction communication among human mammary cells and connexin transfectants in culture

1993 • 129 citations

The incidence and size of gap junctions between the bone cells in rat calvaria

1993 • 127 citations

Chemical requirements for inhibition of gap junction communication by the biologically active lipid oleamide

1998 • 127 citations

Hormonal regulation of intercellular communication: parathyroid hormone increases connexin 43 gene expression and gap-junctional communication in osteoblastic cells.

1992 • 124 citations

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

1995 • 121 citations

Anabolic or Catabolic Responses of MC3T3-E1 Osteoblastic Cells to Parathyroid Hormone Depend on Time and Duration of Treatment

1999 • 113 citations

Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication Contributes to Hormonal Responsiveness in Osteoblastic Networks

1996 • 112 citations

Characterization of gap junctions between osteoblast-like cells in culture

1992 • 112 citations

Cell-to-Cell Communication of Osteoblasts

1979 • 102 citations

Regulation of connexin43 expression and function by prostaglandin E ₂ (PGE ₂ ) and parathyroid hormone (PTH) in osteoblastic cells

1998 • 102 citations

Synergistic Induction of Osteocalcin Gene Expression

1996 • 100 citations

Inhibiting gap junctional intercellular communication alters expression of differentiation markers in osteoblastic cells

1999 • 99 citations

Regulation of connexin43 expression and function by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and parathyroid hormone (PTH) in osteoblastic cells

1998 • 95 citations

Calcium as a versatile second messenger in the control of gene expression

1999 • 86 citations

Stimulation by bone sialoprotein of calcification in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells

1995 • 76 citations

Gap junction-mediated cell-to-cell communication in bovine and human adrenal cells. A process whereby cells increase their responsiveness to physiological corticotropin concentrations.

1995 • 74 citations

Gap-junctional communication mediates parathyroid hormone stimulation of mineralization in osteoblastic cultures

2001 • 72 citations

Gap junctions modulate tissue contractility and alpha 1 adrenergic agonist efficacy in isolated rat aorta.

1993 • 61 citations

Hormonal regulation of intercellular communication: parathyroid hormone increases connexin 43 gene expression and gap-junctional communication in osteoblastic cells

1992 • 58 citations

Gap junction proteins exhibit early and specific expression during intramembranous bone formation in the developing chick mandible

1994 • 57 citations

Signal Transduction Pathways Mediating Parathyroid Hormone Stimulation of Bone Sialoprotein Gene Expression in Osteoblasts

1996 • 55 citations

Isolation and characterization of gap junctions in the osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cell line

1994 • 55 citations

Relationship between the Expression of the Gap Junction Protein and Osteoblast Phenotype in a Human Osteoblastic Cell Line during Cell Proliferation.

1993 • 52 citations

Occurrence of cell junctions and microfilaments in osteoblasts

1975 • 46 citations

Calcium Signalling and Gene Expression

1999 • 46 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

Expression patterns of mRNAs for the gap junction proteins connexin43 and connexin42 suggest their involvement in chick limb morphogenesis and specification of the arterial vasculature

1994 • 39 citations

The Cell-to-Cell Membrane Channel

1986 • 27 citations

Membrane modifications in chick osteoclasts revealed by freeze‐fracture replicas

1990 • 11 citations