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Focus on lens connexins.

BMC cell biology - 17 Jan 2017

Berthoud Viviana M, Ngezahayo Anaclet

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The lens is an avascular organ composed of an anterior epithelial cell layer and fiber cells that form the bulk of the organ. The lens expresses connexin43 (Cx43), connexin46 (Cx46) and connexin50 (Cx50). Epithelial Cx50 has critical roles in cell proliferation and differentiation, likely involving growth factor-dependent signaling pathways. Both Cx46 and Cx50 are crucial for lens transparency; mutations in their...

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PMID: 28124626
DOI: 10.1186/s12860-016-0116-6
PMCID: PMC5267330

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