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Table 2 Quantitative analysis of dye-coupling in GL15 cell cultures

From: Calcium-mediated transductive systems and functionally active gap junctions in astrocyte-like GL15 cells

GL15 cell cultures

n° of dye-coupled cells/injection ± s.e.m. (n°)

% of communicating cells

undifferentiated

8.13 ± 0.74

100

sub-confluent

(63)

 

undifferentiated

3.91 ± 0.42

48.09

confluent

(64)

 

differentiated

1.59 ± 0.25

19.55

confluent

(59)

 
  1. The communication capacity of GL15 cells was quantified by counting the number of fluorescent cells surrounding the microinjected ones (n° of dye-coupled cells/injection) ± s.e.m.; n° = number of independent microinjections.
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BMC Physiology

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