"Connexin 43" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 43-kDa peptide which is a member of the connexin family of gap junction proteins. Connexin 43 is a product of a gene in the alpha class of connexin genes (the alpha-1 gene). It was first isolated from mammalian heart, but is widespread in the body including the brain.
| Descriptor ID |
D018031
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.585.250.200
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Connexin 43" by people in Profiles.
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Stroke target identification guided by astrocyte transcriptome analysis. Glia. 2019 04; 67(4):619-633.
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MicroRNA-1-associated effects of neuron-specific brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene deletion in dorsal root ganglia. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2016 09; 75:36-43.
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The Connexin40A96S mutation from a patient with atrial fibrillation causes decreased atrial conduction velocities and sustained episodes of induced atrial fibrillation in mice. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2013 Dec; 65:19-32.
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