Abstract
The peculiar organization of cells of the gastrointestinal tract, in part, is due to the integrity of the anatomical architecture of the linkages or junctions between the neighboring cells. In this chapter, the structural and functional characteristics of these junctions are discussed.
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Abbreviations
- ADP:
-
Adenosine diphosphate
- AMP:
-
Adenosine monophosphate
- ATP:
-
Adenosine triphosphate
- Bves:
-
Blood vessel epicardial substance
- cAMP:
-
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
- CAR:
-
Coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor
- CaSR:
-
Ca2+-sensing receptor
- cGMP:
-
Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
- Cx:
-
Connexin
- GK:
-
Guanylate kinase
- GTP:
-
Guanosine triphosphate
- Inx:
-
Innexin
- IP3:
-
Inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate
- JAM:
-
Junctional adhesion molecule
- MAGUK:
-
Membrane-associated guanylate kinase
- MARVEL:
-
MAL (myelin and lymphocyte) and related proteins for vesicle trafficking and membrane link
- NAD:
-
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
- Panx:
-
Pannexin
- PDZ:
-
Postsynaptic density, disk-large, ZO
- PKC:
-
Protein kinase type C
- Popdc:
-
Popeye domain-containing gene family of proteins
- SH3:
-
Src (sarcoma) homology-3
- ZO:
-
Zona occludens protein
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Welcome, M.O. (2018). Intercellular Network of Junctions of the Gastrointestinal Tract. In: Gastrointestinal Physiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91056-7_4
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