Gap junctions: a novel route for direct cell-cell communication in the immune system?

被引：31

作者：

Alves, LA ^{[1
]}

de Carvalho, ACC

Savino, W

机构：

[1] Oswaldo Cruz Fdn, Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Dept Immunol, Lab Thymus Res, BR-21045900 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

[2] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Inst Biofis Carlos Chagas Filho, Lab Excitable Membranes, BR-21941900 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

来源：

IMMUNOLOGY TODAY | 1998年 / 19卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0167-5699(98)01256-0

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

Functional gap junctions are found in thymus, bone marrow and lymph node microenvironments; formed by connexins, they allow the passage of small molecules between adjacent cells. Various experimental approaches have indicated the existence of heterocellular gap junctions between lymphocytes and microenvironmental cells in these organs. Here, Luiz Alves and colleagues discuss the suggestion that they represent an additional route for cell-cell communication in the immune system.

引用

页码：269 / 275

页数：7

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Alves LA, 1996, BLOOD, V88, P328

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