Publications
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Gap junction remodeling in skin repair following wounding and disease.
Churko JM,
Laird DW.
Physiology (Bethesda).
2013;
28
(3):
190-8
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Loss of pannexin 1 attenuates melanoma progression by reversion to a melanocytic phenotype.
Penuela S,
Gyenis L, Ablack A, Churko JM, Berger AC, Litchfield DW, Lewis JD, Laird DW.
J Biol Chem.
2012;
287
(34):
29184-93
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The G60S Cx43 mutant enhances keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation.
Churko JM,
Kelly JJ, Macdonald A, Lee J, Sampson J, Bai D, Laird DW.
Exp Dermatol.
2012;
21
(8):
612-8
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Human dermal fibroblasts derived from oculodentodigital dysplasia patients suggest that patients may have wound-healing defects.
Churko JM,
Shao Q, Gong XQ, Swoboda KJ, Bai D, Sampson J, Laird DW.
Hum Mutat.
2011;
32
(4):
456-66
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The G60S connexin43 mutant regulates hair growth and hair fiber morphology in a mouse model of human oculodentodigital dysplasia.
Churko JM,
Chan J, Shao Q, Laird DW.
J Invest Dermatol.
2011;
131
(11):
2197-204
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Implications of pannexin 1 and pannexin 3 for keratinocyte differentiation.
Celetti SJ,
Cowan KN, Penuela S, Shao Q, Churko J, Laird DW.
J Cell Sci.
2010;
123
(Pt 8):
1363-72
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Optical and biochemical dissection of connexin and disease-linked connexin mutants in 3D organotypic epidermis.
Langlois S,
Churko JM, Laird DW.
Methods Mol Biol.
2010:
585
313-34
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Pannexin1 and pannexin3 delivery, cell surface dynamics, and cytoskeletal interactions.
Bhalla-Gehi R,
Penuela S, Churko JM, Shao Q, Laird DW.
J Biol Chem.
2010;
285
(12):
9147-60
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The potency of the fs260 connexin43 mutant to impair keratinocyte differentiation is distinct from other disease-linked connexin43 mutants.
Churko JM,
Langlois S, Pan X, Shao Q, Laird DW.
Biochem J.
2010;
429
(3):
473-83
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Cx43 has distinct mobility within plasma-membrane domains, indicative of progressive formation of gap-junction plaques.
Simek J,
Churko J, Shao Q, Laird DW.
J Cell Sci.
2009;
122
(Pt 4):
554-62
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Fate of connexin43 in cardiac tissue harbouring a disease-linked connexin43 mutant.
Manias JL,
Plante I, Gong XQ, Shao Q, Churko J, Bai D, Laird DW.
Cardiovasc Res.
2008;
80
(3):
385-95