Pannexin 3 regulates proliferation and differentiation of odontoblasts via its hemichannel activities

Tsutomu Iwamoto; Takashi Nakamura; Masaki Ishikawa; Keigo Yoshizaki; Asuna Sugimoto; Hiroko Ida-Yonemochi; Hayato Ohshima; Masahiro Saito; Yoshihiko Yamada; Satoshi Fukumoto

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177557

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Pannexin 3 regulates proliferation and differentiation of odontoblasts via its hemichannel activities

Tsutomu Iwamoto ,

* E-mail: iwamoto@tokushima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, Japan

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8472-605X

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Takashi Nakamura,

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Masaki Ishikawa,

Affiliations Division of Operative Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Keigo Yoshizaki,

Affiliations Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Section of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science, Maidashi, Fukuoka, Japan
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Asuna Sugimoto,

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, Japan
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Hiroko Ida-Yonemochi,

Affiliation Division of Anatomy and Cell Biology of the Hard Tissue, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Gakkocho-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan
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Hayato Ohshima,

Affiliation Division of Anatomy and Cell Biology of the Hard Tissue, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Gakkocho-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan
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Masahiro Saito,

Affiliation Division of Operative Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Yoshihiko Yamada,

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Satoshi Fukumoto

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Pannexin 3 regulates proliferation and differentiation of odontoblasts via its hemichannel activities

Tsutomu Iwamoto,
Takashi Nakamura,
Masaki Ishikawa,
Keigo Yoshizaki,
Asuna Sugimoto,
Hiroko Ida-Yonemochi,
Hayato Ohshima,
Masahiro Saito,
Yoshihiko Yamada,
Satoshi Fukumoto

Published: May 11, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177557

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