title: Introduction: connexins, pannexins and their channels as gatekeepers of organ physiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of In Vitro Toxicology and Dermato-Cosmetology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090, Brussels, Belgium, mvinken@vub.ac.be.
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vinken
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017630:Connexins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017629:Gap Junctions / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D017630:Connexins; D007473:Ion Channels