How water permeates cellular membranes and what this means for cell functioning and
several diseases are now emerging from the study of the aquaporins (AQPs), the water …

The water permeability of biological membranes has been a longstanding problem in
physiology, but the proteins responsible for this remained unknown until discovery of the …

The aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of small membrane-spanning proteins (monomer size∼
30 kDa) that are expressed at plasma membranes in many cells types involved in fluid …

Although water is the major component of all biological fluids, the molecular pathways for
water transport across cell membranes eluded identification until the discovery of the …

Our understanding of the movement of water through cell membranes has been greatly
advanced by the discovery of a family of water-specific, membrane-channel proteins—the …

Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of membrane water channels that basically function as
regulators of intracellular and intercellular water flow. To date, thirteen AQPs, which are …

▪ Abstract The high water permeability characteristic of mammalian red cell membranes is
now known to be caused by the protein AQP1. This channel freely permits movement of …

The study of water transport began long before the molecular identification of water
channels with studies of water-permeable tissues. The discovery of the first aquaporin …

Aquaporins (AQP) are integral membrane proteins that serve as channels in the transfer of
water, and in some cases, small solutes across the membrane. They are conserved in …

Background Aquaporin (AQP) water channels are best known as passive transporters of
water that are vital for water homeostasis. Scope of review AQP knockout studies in whole …