Physiological roles of connexins and pannexins in reproductive organs.
Cell Mol Life Sci
; 72(15): 2879-98, 2015 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-26100514
ABSTRACT
Reproductive organs are complex and well-structured tissues essential to perpetuate the species. In mammals, the male and female reproductive organs vary on their organization, morphology and function. Connectivity between cells in such tissues plays pivotal roles in organogenesis and tissue functions through the regulation of cellular proliferation, migration, differentiation and apoptosis. Connexins and pannexins can be seen as major regulators of these physiological processes. In the present review, we assembled several lines of evidence demonstrating that these two families of proteins are essential for male and female reproduction.
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Reprodução
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Conexinas
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Animals
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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