Low pH enhances connexin32 degradation in the pancreatic acinar cell
Reed AM, Kolodecik T, Husain SZ, Gorelick FS. Low pH enhances connexin32 degradation in the pancreatic acinar cell. AJP Gastrointestinal And Liver Physiology 2014, 307: g24-g32. PMID: 24812055, PMCID: PMC4080162, DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00010.2014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic acinar cellsAcinar cellsGap junctionsGap junctional intercellular communicationIntercellular communicationRat pancreatic acinar cellsPredominant gap junction proteinExtracellular pHAcute pancreatitisJunctional intercellular communicationClinical conditionsGap junction proteinJunction proteinsGap junctional intracellular communicationAutophagic pathwayFirst evidenceCellsIntracellular communicationConnexin32Pancreatitis