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. 2012 Aug 24;70(7):1207–1220. doi: 10.1007/s00018-012-1121-3

Table 1.

Connexin-associated human diseases and cancers (adapted from [2125])

Human diseases Connexins
X-linked Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMTX) Cx32
Atrial fibrillation Cx40
Viscero-atrial heterotaxia Cx43
Cataract Cx46, Cx50
Oculodentodigital dysplasia (ODDD) Cx43
Clouston syndrome Cx30
Hearing loss (non-syndromic or associated with skin Cx26, Cx30, Cx31
Keratitis ichthyosis deafness syndrome Cx26, Cx30
Erythrokeratodermia variabilis Cx30.3, Cx31
Pelizaeus–Merzbacher-like Cx46.6, Cx47
Vohwinkel syndrome Cx26
Human cancers Connexins
Head and neck carcinoma Cx31.1
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Cx43, Cx45
Meningioma and hemangiopericytoma Cx26, Cx43
Human larynx carcinoma Cx26, Cx30, Cx32, Cx40
Liver tumor Cx32, Cx43
Colon cancer Cx26, Cx43
Esophageal cancer Cx26, Cx32, Cx43
Breast cancer Cx26, Cx43
Mesothelioma tumor Cx37, Cx43, Cx45
Glioblastoma Cx43
Lung cancer Cx43
Adrenocortical tumors Cx43
Renal cell cancer Cx32, Cx43
Cervical carcinoma Cx43
Ovarian carcinoma Cx43
Endometrial carcinoma Cx43
Prostate tumor Cx26, Cx32, Cx43
Bladder cancer Cx26
Thyroid carcinoma Cx26, Cx32, Cx43
Testis cancer Cx26, Cx40, Cx43
Hepatocarcinogenesis Cx26, Cx32
Skin tumor Cx26, Cx30