Connexins 37 and 40 transduce purinergic signals mediating renal autoregulation.

@article{Takenaka2008Connexins3A,
  title={Connexins 37 and 40 transduce purinergic signals mediating renal autoregulation.},
  author={Tsuneo Takenaka and Tsutomu Inoue and Yoshihiko Kanno and Hirokazu Okada and Caryl E. Hill and Hiromichi Suzuki},
  journal={American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology},
  year={2008},
  volume={294 1},
  pages={
          R1-11
        }
}
Our previous data indicated that various subtypes of connexin (Cx) were expressed in the juxtaglomerular apparatus. Experiments were performed to characterize the effects on renal autoregulation of specific mimetic peptides that inhibit these Cx subtypes in Wistar-Kyoto rats. Intrarenal infusion of (Cx37,43)GAP27 increased autoregulatory index of renal plasma flow (0.06 +/- 0.05 to 0.47 +/- 0.06, n = 6, P < 0.05) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR; 0.01 +/- 0.07 to 0.49 +/- 0.07, P < 0.05… 
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