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Introduction: connexins, pannexins and their channels as gatekeepers of organ physiology

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Fig. 1

Abbreviations

ATP:

Adenosine triphosphate

cAMP:

Cyclic adenosine monophosphate

Cx:

Connexin

GJIC:

Gap junctional intercellular communication

IP3 :

Inositol triphosphate

NAD:

Nicotinamide dinucleotide

Panx:

Pannexin

UTP:

Uridine triphosphate

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Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by the grants of the University Hospital of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Belgium (“Willy Gepts Fonds” UZ-VUB), the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders (FWO Grants G009514N and G010214N), the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant 335476), the University of São Paulo-Brazil (USP) and the Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP SPEC Grant 2013/50420-6).

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Vinken, M. Introduction: connexins, pannexins and their channels as gatekeepers of organ physiology. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 72, 2775–2778 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-015-1958-3

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