Plasma membrane-associated channels known as gap junctions, along with their protein building blocks connexins have an important functional role in a range of immunological processes, including heart function, cell growth and specialization, and early development. Spanning basic science and potential clinical applications, Connexin Cell Communication Channels: Roles in the Immune System and Immunopathology assembles and synthesizes four decades of the most important research carried out in this field.

The book first provides a historical overview of the...

Plasma membrane-associated channels known as gap junctions, along with their protein building blocks connexins have an important functional role in a range of immunological processes, including heart function, cell growth and specialization, and early development. Spanning basic science and potential clinical applications, Connexin Cell Communication Channels: Roles in the Immune System and Immunopathology assembles and synthesizes four decades of the most important research carried out in this field.

The book first provides a historical overview of the...