Connexin's connection in breast cancer growth and progression

D Banerjee - International journal of cell biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Gap junctions are cell‐to‐cell junctions that are located in the basolateral surface of two
adjoining cells. A gap junction channel is composed of a family of proteins called connexins …

Connexins in melanoma: Potential role of Cx46 in its aggressiveness

VP Orellana, A Tittarelli… - Pigment Cell & Melanoma …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Melanoma is the most aggressive skin cancer, and in metastatic advanced states, it is
completely refractory to chemotherapy. Therefore, it is relevant to understand the molecular …

Connexin46 expression enhances cancer stem cell and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition characteristics of human breast cancer MCF-7 cells

RA Acuña, M Varas-Godoy… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Connexins (Cxs) are a family of proteins that form two different types of ion channels:
hemichannels and gap junction channels. These channels participate in cellular …

Connexin-46 contained in extracellular vesicles enhance malignancy features in breast cancer cells

RA Acuña, M Varas-Godoy, VM Berthoud, IE Alfaro… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Under normal conditions, almost all cell types communicate with their neighboring cells
through gap junction channels (GJC), facilitating cellular and tissue homeostasis. A GJC is …

[HTML][HTML] The predictive capacity of in vitro preclinical models to evaluate drugs for the treatment of retinoblastoma

IL Sinenko, RC Turnell-Ritson, FL Munier… - Experimental Eye …, 2023 - Elsevier
Retinoblastoma is a rare childhood cancer of the eye. Of the small number of drugs are used
to treat retinoblastoma, all have been repurposed from drugs developed for other conditions …

Role and posttranslational regulation of Cx46 hemichannels and gap junction channels in the eye lens

MA Retamal, GA Altenberg - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Connexins are a family of proteins that can form two distinct types of channels:
hemichannels and gap junction channels. Hemichannels are composed of six connexin …

Investigation of the reciprocal relationship between the expression of two gap junction connexin proteins, connexin46 and connexin43

D Banerjee, S Das, SA Molina, D Madgwick… - Journal of biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
Connexins are the transmembrane proteins that form gap junctions between adjacent cells.
The function of the diverse connexin molecules is related to their tissue-specific expression …

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a novel inhibitor of connexin hemichannels

CG León-Paravic, VA Figueroa, DJ Guzmán… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Hemichannels (HCs) are hexamers of connexins that can form gap-junction channels at
points of cell contacts or" free HCs" at non-contacting regions. HCs are involved in paracrine …

Biochemical changes accompanying apoptotic cell death in retinoblastoma cancer cells treated with lipogenic enzyme inhibitors

S Vandhana, K Coral, U Jayanthi, PR Deepa… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
Retinoblastoma (RB) is a malignant intra-ocular neoplasm that affects children (usually
below the age of 5 years). In addition to conventional chemotherapy, novel therapeutic …

Connexins in Cancer, the Possible Role of Connexin46 as a Cancer Stem Cell-Determining Protein

IM León-Fuentes, MG Salgado-Gil, MS Novoa… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a widespread and incurable disease caused by genetic mutations, leading to
uncontrolled cell proliferation and metastasis. Connexins (Cx) are transmembrane proteins …