Vertebrate gap junctions, composed of proteins from the connexin gene family, play critical
roles in embryonic development, co-ordinated contraction of excitable cells, tissue …

Connexins are widely distributed proteins in the body that are crucially important for heart
and brain functions. Six connexin subunits form a connexon or hemichannel in the plasma …

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an arrhythmogenic disorder of the myocardium
not secondary to ischemic, hypertensive, or valvular heart disease. ACM incorporates a …

Background—Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a genetically
heterogeneous condition caused by mutations in genes encoding desmosomal proteins in …

Developing electroactive elastic scaffolds with micropatterned surface would be beneficial
for cardiac therapy due to their capability of mimicking the anisotropy, electrical propagation …

Intercalated discs are the membrane sites where individual cardiomyocytes are connected
to each other. Adherens-, desmosomal-, and gap junctions are situated in the intercalated …

Intercalated disks (ICDs) are highly organized cell-cell adhesion structures, which connect
cardiomyocytes to one another. They are composed of three major complexes …

According to the" osteoblastic niche" model, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are
maintained by N-cadherin-mediated homophilic adhesion to osteoblasts at the bone marrow …

Gap junctions, composed of proteins from the connexin family, allow for intercellular
communication between cells in essentially all tissues. There are 21 connexin genes in the …

Mutations in the plakoglobin (JUP) gene have been identified in arrhythmogenic right
ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) patients. However, the mechanisms underlying …