Gap junctions are essential to the function of multicellular animals, which require a high
degree of coordination between cells. In vertebrates, gap junctions comprise connexins and …

Sáez, Juan C., Viviana M. Berthoud, María C. Brañes, Agustín D. Martínez, and Eric C.
Beyer. Plasma Membrane Channels Formed by Connexins: Their Regulation and Functions …

The elucidation of how individual components of the Sertoli cell junctional complexes form
and are dismantled to allow not only individual cells but whole syncytia of germinal cells to …

Long-term modulation of intercellular communication via gap junctions was investigated in
TM3 Leydig cells, under low and high confluence states, and upon treatment of the cells for …

Gap junctions are intercellular plasma membrane domains enriched in channels that allow
direct exchange of ions and small molecules between adjacent cells. Gap junction channels …

Gap junctions are intercellular protein channels which provide a pathway for the exchange
of ions and small molecules. This exchange of materials allows metabolic coupling of cells …

Abstract Connexin43 (Cx43), a gap junction protein encoded by the Gja1 gene, is expressed
in several cell types of the testis. Cx43 gap junctions couple Sertoli cells with each other …

Spermatogenesis is a highly controlled process that allows proliferation and differentiation of
male germ cells. This is under classical endocrine and paracrine controls. There is also …

Spermatogenesis is a highly regulated process of germ cell proliferation and differentiation,
starting from spermatogonia to spermatocytes and giving rise to spermatids, the future …

Male fertility is a highly controlled process that allows proliferation, meiosis and
differentiation of male germ cells in the testis, final maturation in the epididymis and also …