The liver injury following ischemia and reperfusion is worse in experimental knockout heterozygote mouse model for expression of connexin 431.
Alexandre Maximiliano TrevisanBruno CogliatiAdriana Ribeiro HomemThiago Pinheiro Arrais AloiaNelson de Aquino NetoJairo Marques MoreiraLeonardo da Cruz RenoAlexandre Moulin NaumannFlávio Henrique Ferreira GalvãoWellington AndrausLuiz Augusto Carneiro D AlbuquerquePublished in: Acta cirurgica brasileira (2019)
This research demonstrated that the deficiency of Cx43 worses the prognosis for liver injury. The topic is a promising target for therapeutics advancements in liver diseases and procedures.