Aquaporins, also called water channels, are channel proteins from a larger family of major intrinsic proteins that form pores in the membrane of biological...

Aquaporin-5 (AQP-5) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AQP5 gene. Aquaporin-5 (AQP-5) is a water channel protein. Aquaporins are a family of...

Aquaporin-4, also known as AQP-4, is a water channel protein encoded by the AQP4 gene in humans. AQP-4 belongs to the aquaporin family of integral membrane...

Aquaporin-2 (AQP-2) is found in the apical cell membranes of the kidney's collecting duct principal cells and in intracellular vesicles located throughout...

Aquaporin 3 (AQP-3) is the protein product of the human AQP3 gene. It is found in the basolateral cell membrane of principal collecting duct cells and...

Aquaporin 1 (AQP-1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AQP1 gene. AQP-1 is a widely expressed water channel, whose physiological function has...

Aquaporin-9 (AQP-9) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AQP9 gene. The aquaporins/major intrinsic protein are a family of water-selective membrane...

Aquaporin-6, (AQP-6) also known as kidney-specific aquaporin is a protein in humans that is encoded by the AQP6 gene. The protein encoded by this gene...

the palms after exposure to water, can sometimes come with abnormal aquaporin 5 in the sweat glands. Cystic fibrosis can be diagnosed by a sweat test...

research using mice and rats, researchers looked towards the role of aquaporin 5 (AQP5), a water channel protein, in human individuals with primary focal...

Aquaporin-7 (AQP-7) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AQP7 gene. Aquaporins/major intrinsic proteins (MIP) are a family of water-selective...

Aquaporin-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AQP8 gene. Aquaporin-8 (AQP-8) is a water channel protein. Aquaporins are a family of small...

than 80% of NMO cases, the cause is immunoglobulin G autoantibodies to aquaporin 4 (anti-AQP4), the most abundant water channel protein in the central...

monomers can assemble to form the aquaporin proteins. As four of these monomers come together to form the aquaporin protein, it is known as a homotetramer...

cloning to antagonist proof-of-concept". Nature Reviews. Drug Discovery. 6 (5): 357–72. doi:10.1038/nrd2280. PMID 17464295. S2CID 6276214....

MIP superfamily includes three subfamilies: aquaporins, aquaglyceroporins and S-aquaporins. The aquaporins (AQPs) are water selective. The aquaglyceroporins...

have aquaporin proteins embedded in them. These transmembrane proteins facilitate water passage through the membranes. The presence of aquaporin proteins...

cAMP, also increases transcription of the aquaporin-2 gene, thus increasing the total number of aquaporin-2 molecules in collecting duct cells. Increasing...

accomplished through convective bulk flow of ISF, facilitated by astrocytic aquaporin 4 (AQP4) water channels. The name "glymphatic system" was coined by the...

NEIBank: a novel cornea-expressed gene and the absence of transcripts for aquaporin 5" (PDF). Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 46 (4): 1239–1246. doi:10.1167/iovs...

the area of the retina which provides finer detail and central vision. Aquaporin 4 in Müller cells in rats transports water to the vitreous body. The vitreous...

translocation of aquaporin channels via cytosolic vesicles to the apical membrane of the collecting duct. The presence of these aquaporin channels in the...

controlling the late differentiation stages of alveolar epithelium and aquaporin-5 promoter activation. Furthermore, GATA-6 has been linked to the production...

responsible for transporting large neutral amino acids across the BBB. Aquaporin-4 water channels, responsible for water and potassium homeostasis. The...

turgor pressure against the cell wall. Proteins found in the tonoplast (aquaporins) control the flow of water into and out of the vacuole through active...

convoluted tubules; specifically, it acts on proteins called aquaporins and more specifically aquaporin 2 in the following cascade. When released, ADH binds to...

been described in some patients with NMOSD who were negative for the aquaporin 4 (AQP-4) antibody. However, most NMOSD is an astrocytopathy, specifically...

AMP-dependent process that culminates in increased production of water channels (aquaporin 2), and their insertion into the cells’ luminal membranes. Excessive ADH...

Water has been shown in at least some species to enter the CV through aquaporins. Acidocalcisomes have been implied to work alongside the contractile vacuole...

aquaporin 2 MeSH D12.776.543.550.425.730.040.468 – aquaporin 4 MeSH D12.776.543.550.425.730.040.484 – aquaporin 5 MeSH D12.776.543.550.425.730.520 – voltage-dependent...