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The assembly of the hair at the cell periphery puts it in close proximity to the junctional complex perhaps allowing for direct interactions between the cortical and hair cytoskeletons [ 5 ] . This could provide orientation guidance for the growing hair.
Carbenoxolone, the succinyl ester of glycyrrhetinic acid [ 1 ] , is now used in clinical treatment of ulcer diseases [ 2 ] . It has some pharmacological properties such as: the inhibition of 11β-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase (11β-HSD) [ 1 ] , and inhibition of gap junctional intercellular communication [ 3 ] . Electrotonic synaptic communication between neurons via gap junctions (GJs) is increasingly recognized as an important synchronizing mechanism in the brain.
The pathogenesis of abnormal neuronal synchrony underlying seizures, formerly thought to be based mainly on the chemical synaptic transmission, now includes a role of gap junctional communication.
Indeed, a rapid search of the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man database (OMIM [ 18]) for genes associated with the terms 'severe' and 'disorder' confirmed that mutations of GALC, LAMB3, GJB2, JAG1, TGFBI, LPL and LDLR were the origin of serious disorders: Krabbe disease, Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa, autosomal dominant deafness - Vohwinkel syndrome, Alagille syndrome, corneal dystrophy, type I hyperlipoproteinemia and hypercholesterolemia, respectively.
The cells preserved their apical junctional complexes and well developed intercellular gap junctions.