8. • Claudins Constitute Paired TJ
TOPIC I Strands
• The Claudins Family, A Newly
TOPIC II Emerging Gene family
• Claudins Are Functionally Involved in
TOPIC III the TJ Barrier
• Aqueous Pores within TJ Strands
TOPIC IV
34. CLAUDIN-4 WAS IDENTIFIED
AS CPE RECEPTOR
CPE-R
COOH-TERMINAL : C-CPE
SPECIALLY BOUND TO
PORTED
CLAUDIN-4/CPE-R
WHEN C-CPE WAS APPLIED
TOCULTURED
EPITHELIAL CELLS
35. CLAUDIN-4 WAS REMOVED FROM TJs
WITH
TRANSEPITHELIAL
ELECTRICAL
RESISTANCE
AND
THE NUMBER OF TJs
DECREASE
48. CLAUDIN-16/PARACELLIN-1
is directly involved in
A SELECTIVE PARACELLULAR
CONDUCTANCE FOR Mg2+ IONS
of claudin-based strands
OTHER CLAUDINS
CANNOT FORM
THE PORES ON
THE CLAUDIN-BASED
WALL
49. ANALYSIS OF
HETEROGENOUS
SPECIES
WITHIN AND BETWEEN TJ STRANDS
PROVIDE THAT
THE CLAUDIN CAN
CONSTITUTE THE
PORES IN THE WALL
50. WHEN TWO OF
CLAUDINS WERE
COEXPRESSED IN
L FIBROBLASTS,
CLAUDINS WERE
COPOLYMERIZED
INTO INDIVIDUAL
TJs
51.
52. when TWO of
L TRANSFECTANTS
SINGLY EXPRESSING
OCCLUDINS -1, -2 OR -3
were COCULTURED
claudins-3 based
homopolymers
ASSOCIATED WITH
claudins-1 and claudins-
2 base strands