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. 2023 Jun 22;28(13):4914. doi: 10.3390/molecules28134914

Table 1.

Summary table of the expression and phosphorylation of Cx43 in multiple diseases.

Disease Types Expression Phosphorylation Site Function References
The nervous system Depression Ser368, Ser279
Tyr247, Tyr265
GJCs↓ [31,32,33,34,35,36]
AD Ser368, Ser365 GJCs↓
HC↑
[55,56]
PD Ser368 GJCs↓ [58,59]
Epilepsy Ser255, Ser368 GJCs↓
HC↑
[69]
Ischemic stroke No significant change MK4, Ser368
Ser325/328/330
GJCs↓
HC↑
[77]
Cerebral ischemia Ser368, Tyr247
Tyr265
GJCs↓ [86,90,91]
Cerebral vasospasm Ser368 GJCs↓ [94]
Cancer serine GJCs↓ [97,99,100]
The cardiovascular system Cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury —— Ser368 GJCs↓ [114,115]
Hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy —— GJCs↓ [116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123]
Heart failure and arrhythmia Ser255↑
Ser365, Ser325/328/330↓
GJCs↓ [124,125]
Other tissues Endothelial tissue Ser368 Ser279/282 —— [133]
Epithelial tissues —— Ser368 Ser279/282 [135,136]
Proliferative retinopathy —— Ser325/328/330 —— [137]
Chronic pain —— Ser368 —— [138]

Cx43, Connexin 43; HC, hemichannel; GJIC, gap junction intercellular communication; ↑, Increase; ↓, Decrease.