The role of gap junctional intercellular communication in neoplasia.

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

1981 • 1,268 citations

Junctional intercellular communication and the control of growth

1979 • 965 citations

Molecular cloning of cDNA for rat liver gap junction protein.

1986 • 715 citations

Transfection of C6 glioma cells with connexin 43 cDNA: analysis of expression, intercellular coupling, and cell proliferation.

1991 • 366 citations

Regulation of connexin 43-mediated gap junctional intercellular communication by Ca2+ in mouse epidermal cells is controlled by E-cadherin.

1991 • 366 citations

Phosphorylation of Connexin43 Gap Junction Protein in Uninfected and Rous Sarcoma Virus-Transformed Mammalian Fibroblasts

1990 • 352 citations

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

1992 • 351 citations

Comparative characterization of the 21-kD and 26-kD gap junction proteins in murine liver and cultured hepatocytes.

1989 • 341 citations

Gap junctional communication and carcinogenesis

1990 • 310 citations

Involvement of gap junctions in tumorigenesis: transfection of tumor cells with connexin 32 cDNA retards growth in vivo.

1991 • 246 citations

The Structure and Function of Intercellular Junctions in Cancer

1976 • 240 citations

The diversity of connexin genes encoding gap junctional proteins.

1991 • 230 citations

Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans induce gap junction synthesis and function in primary liver cultures.

1987 • 230 citations

Incorporation of the gene for a cell-cell channel protein into transformed cells leads to normalization of growth

1991 • 201 citations

Epidermal growth factor disrupts gap-junctional communication and induces phosphorylation of connexin43 on serine.

1992 • 192 citations

Mouse connexin37: cloning and functional expression of a gap junction gene highly expressed in lung.

1991 • 172 citations

Rapid and reversible reduction of junctional permeability in cells infected with a temperature-sensitive mutant of avian sarcoma virus.

1981 • 164 citations

The tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate and the ras oncogene modulate expression and phosphorylation of gap junction proteins.

1991 • 162 citations

Formation of hybrid cell-cell channels.

1989 • 160 citations

Gap junctions. Multiplicity of controls in differentiated and undifferentiated cells and possible functional implications.

1993 • 158 citations

Intercellular communication in normal and regenerating rat liver: a quantitative analysis.

1981 • 142 citations

Molecular analysis of voltage dependence of heterotypic gap junctions formed by connexins 26 and 32

1992 • 120 citations

Intercellular communication and the control of growth: X. Alteration of junctional permeability by thesrc gene. A study with temperature-sensitive mutant Rous sarcoma virus

1984 • 106 citations

Molecular cloning of mouse connexins26 and -32: similar genomic organization but distinct promoter sequences of two gap junction genes.

1992 • 102 citations

Transcription of the gene for the gap junctional protein connexin43 and expression of functional cell-to-cell channels are regulated by cAMP.

1992 • 101 citations

Retinoid‐enhanced gap junctional communication is achieved by increased levels of connexin 43 mRNA and protein

1990 • 101 citations

Hormone-induced intercellular signal transfer dissociates cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.

1984 • 95 citations

Phosphorylation of connexin-32 by protein kinase C prevents its proteolysis by mu-calpain and m-calpain

1993 • 89 citations

The dynamic state of liver gap junctions

1981 • 71 citations

Reduced cell-cell communication between mitotic and nonmitotic coupled cells

1992 • 70 citations

Gap junctional intercellular communication in mouse lung epithelial cell lines: effects of cell transformation and tumor promoters

1993 • 33 citations

Inhibition of gap‐junctional intercellular communication and enhanced binding of fibronectin‐coated latex beads by stimulation of DNA synthesis in quiescent 3T3‐L1 cells

1990 • 8 citations