
Gap junctional intercellular communication and endoplasmic reticulum stress regulate chronic cadmium exposure induced apoptosis in HK-2 cells
Keywords: AKT; protein kinase B; ASK1; apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1; ER; endoplasmic reticulum; GJIC; gap junctional intercellular communication; IRE1α; inositol-requiring enzyme 1; ROS; reactive oxygen species; UPR; unfolded protein response; XBP-1s; spli