P2X₄ Assembles with P2X₇ and Pannexin-1 in Gingival Epithelial Cells and Modulates ATP-induced Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Inflammasome Activation

• Shu-Chen Hung ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Chen Hung, Chul Hee Choi, Najwane Said-Sadier

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

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• Chul Hee Choi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Chen Hung, Chul Hee Choi, Najwane Said-Sadier

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Najwane Said-Sadier ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Chen Hung, Chul Hee Choi, Najwane Said-Sadier

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

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• Larry Johnson,

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

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• Kalina Rosenova Atanasova,

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Hanen Sellami,

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Medical School of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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• Özlem Yilmaz,

  Affiliations Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• David M. Ojcius

  * E-mail: dojcius@ucmerced.edu

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

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