Connexins and the kidney
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Connexins and the kidney.
Connexins (Cxs) are widely-expressed proteins that form gap junctions in most organs, including the kidney. In the renal vasculature, Cx37, Cx40, Cx43, and Cx45 are expressed, with predominant expression of Cx40 in the endothelial cells and Cx45 in the vascular smooth muscle cells. In the tubules, there is morphological evidence for the presence of gap junction plaques only in the proximal tubu...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0363-6119,1522-1490
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00808.2009