# Editorial: Single membrane channels formed by connexins or pannexins: focus on the nervous system

**Authors:** Juan A. Orellana

PMC · DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00402 · 2015-10-15

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- **Genes:** Panx1 (pannexin 1) [NCBI Gene 55991], Gja3 (gap junction protein, alpha 3) [NCBI Gene 14611] {aka Cnx46, Cx43, Cx46, Cxnj1, Gja-3}, Gjb2 (gap junction protein, beta 2) [NCBI Gene 14619] {aka Cnx26, Cx26, Cxne, Gjb-2}, Panx2 (pannexin 2) [NCBI Gene 406218]
- **Diseases:** Cx26-associated syndrome (MESH:D018886), neurological disorders (MESH:D009461), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (MESH:D000690), cochlear dysfunction (MESH:D000160), depression (MESH:D003866), stroke (MESH:D020521), lysosomal storage disorders (MESH:D016464), psychiatric disorders (MESH:D001523), multiple sclerosis (MESH:D009103), autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (OMIM:600791), AD (MESH:D000544), inflammation (MESH:D007249), hearing loss (MESH:D034381), glaucoma (MESH:D005901), keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness (KID) syndrome (MESH:C580224), neurodegeneration (MESH:D019636), muscular atrophy (MESH:D009133), brain diseases (MESH:D001927), brain infectious diseases (MESH:D003141), sensorineural hearing loss (MESH:D006319)
- **Chemicals:** Ca2+ (-), ATP (MESH:D000255), fat (MESH:D005223), glutamate (MESH:D018698), nicotine (MESH:D009538), catecholamines (MESH:D002395), gentamicin (MESH:D005839), divalent cation (MESH:D002413), cholesterol (MESH:D002784)
- **Species:** Octodon degus (degu, species) [taxon 10160], Rattus norvegicus (brown rat, species) [taxon 10116], Mus musculus (house mouse, species) [taxon 10090]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC4606011