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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Coordination of innate immune responses by connexins.

Qirou Wu, Tiejun Zhao, Pinglong Xu

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Mature-StageInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Qirou WuKey Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, China.
Tiejun ZhaoKey Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, China.
Pinglong XuInstitute of Intelligent Medicine, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Innate immunity comprises intricate cellular and tissue responses critical for host defense and tissue homeostasis. Intercellular communication is central to these responses and significantly influences infection, inflammatory disorders, and cancer. Connexins form hemichannels, gap junctions, and connexosomes to mediate signaling molecule transfer, including nucleotide derivatives, ions, antigens, and mitochondria, which occur between adjacent cells or between cells and their microenvironments. By modulating intercellular communication, connexins regulate various immune cell functions and contribute significantly to the coordination of innate immunity. This review summarizes recent insights into connexin-mediated innate immune networks and their implications in pathological contexts such as viral infections, inflammation, and tumorigenesis. Additionally, we discuss targeting connexins as an emerging pharmacological strategy for clinical intervention.

Indexed as

ConnexinsImmunity, InnateAnimalsCell CommunicationGap JunctionsHumansInflammationNeoplasmsSignal TransductionVirus DiseasesConnexinsconnexinsgap junctionsinflammationinnate immunityintercellular communicationmitochondria transfersignaling moleculesviral infection

Identifiers

PMID40475783
PMCPMC12137313

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