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Intercellular Network of Junctions of the Gastrointestinal Tract

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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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