“…One is linked to the Cx-mediated GJIC function, in which putative growth inhibitory factors are assumed to di use through the GJ channels and then induce the growth inhibition (Loewenstein, 1979;Mehta et al, 1986;Cornil et al, 1991;Martin et al, 1991;Zhu et al, 1992). The other suggests that the Cx proteins themselves may show some GJIC-independent biological roles in inhibiting the tumor cell growth (Bradshaw et al, 1993;Chen et al, 1995;Du¯ot-Dancer et al, 1997;Statuto et al, 1997;Omori and Yamasaki, 1998;Krutovskikh et al, 2000). However, the precise mechanisms remain unclear.…”