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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Biochem J. 2009 Apr 15;419(2):261–272. doi: 10.1042/BJ20082319

Figure 4. Schematic diagram of connexin expression in normal and wounded human skin.

Figure 4

Cx43 expression (denoted in green) in unwounded skin is mainly in the upper more differentiated layers. Upon wounding Cx43 expression drops very near the wound and redistributes to lower layers in the cells several cells distant from the wound. The basal cells near the wound express Cx43 that is highly phosphorylated at S368 (indicated by orange) forming a distinct communication compartment.