Water channel proteins in the human placenta and fetal membranes

AE Damiano - Placenta, 2011 - Elsevier
… function as a water channel per se, so we speculated that the CFTR protein was required
to … Our finding is consistent with a synergistic effect of these proteins. Although the inductor …

Aquaporins: water channel proteins of the cell membrane

K Takata, T Matsuzaki, Y Tajika - Progress in histochemistry and …, 2004 - Elsevier
… of the water channel proteins and their homologues revealed that they form a large family
of integral membrane proteins structurally related to a major intrinsic protein of mammalian …

Fetal development of membrane water channel proteins aquaporin-1 and aquaporin-4 in the human brain

É Gömöri, J Pál, H Ábrahám, Z Vajda, E Sulyok… - International journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Aquaporin-1 and aquaporin-4, water channel membrane proteins reported in both … water
channel membrane proteins, aquaporin-1 and aquaporin-4, in various structures of human fetal

Birth of water channel proteins—the aquaporins

G Benga - Cell biology international, 2003 - Elsevier
… If we include all membrane proteins that allow water molecules to … water channel protein is
any protein that offers a pathway for water molecules to travel through a biological membrane. …

Water channel proteins AQP3 and AQP9 are present in syncytiotrophoblast of human term placenta

A Damiano, E Zotta, J Goldstein, I Reisin, C Ibarra - Placenta, 2001 - Elsevier
… AQP9 water channels in the apical membranes of the human placental sincytiotrophoblast. In
… These aquaporins may be implicated in the fluid transport across the placental membranes

Water channel proteins (later called aquaporins) and relatives: past, present, and future

G Benga - IUBMB life, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Water channels or water channel proteins (WCPs) are transmembrane proteins that have
a … Since the discovery of the first water channel protein (WCP) over 4,000 publications …

Aquaporins: water channel proteins of plant and animal cells

MJ Chrispeels, P Agre - Trends in biochemical sciences, 1994 - cell.com
… that the plasma membrane also contains aquaporins a4,… water-channel proteins. Third, we
need to find out which cell types produce aquaporins in roots, shoots, and as a result of water

Placental and membrane aquaporin water channels: correlation with amniotic fluid volume and composition

MH Beall, S Wang, B Yang, N Chaudhri, F Amidi… - Placenta, 2007 - Elsevier
… To assess the role of aquaporins (AQPs) in the regulation of amniotic fluid (AF) volume, we
determined AF volume and composition and placental and fetal membrane AQP expression …

Developmental gene expression and tissue distribution of the CHIP28 water-channel protein.

C Bondy, E Chin, BL Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 1993 - National Acad Sciences
membrane protein that is abundant in red cells and proximal renal tubules (4, 5) and resembles
tetrameric membrane channel proteins (6)… to MIP26, major intrinsic protein of lens, and to …

Expression and localization of aquaporin 1 and 3 in human fetal membranes

SE Mann, EA Ricke, BA Yang, AS Verkman… - American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
… in water movement from the amniotic cavity across the placenta into the fetal circulation.
Further studies are needed to clarify our understanding of the role of fetal membrane aquaporins …