A critical analysis of the discovery of the first water channel protein (later called aquaporin 1)
has been performed. In 1986 Benga's group in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, published in …

Water channel proteins, later called aquaporins, are transmembrane proteins that have as
their main (specific) function the water transport across biological membranes. The first …

After a decade of work on the water permeability of red blood cells (RBC) Benga group in
Cluj-Napoca, Romania, discovered in 1985 the first water channel protein in the RBC …

Biophysical studies in the 1950ies and 1960ies led to the realization that the water
permeability of certain biological membranes must be due to the presence of water …

If we compare aquaporin (as a proteic pathway for water permeation across biological
membranes) with a child we can say that he had a very long gestation period. His possible …

Recently the Nobel Lecture of Peter Agre was published and it deserves some comments.
Peter Agre (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA) was awarded half of the 2003 Nobel …

Peter C. Agre, an American Society of Nephrology member, is the recipient of the 2003
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the aquaporin water channels. The function of …

A generation of research in multiple laboratories led to the prediction that water selective
channels must exist in the plasma membranes of red cells and a variety of 'leaky'epithelia in …

Water channel proteins or aquaporins are the latest “newcomers” firstly in the field of
physiology and secondly in cell and molecular biology. They represent a group of plasma …

This invited review briefly outlines the importance of membrane water permeability,
highlights the landmarks leading to the discovery of water channels. After a decade of …