NMR spectroscopy has been applied to cells and tissues analysis since its beginnings, as
early as 1950. We have attempted to gather here in a didactic fashion the broad diversity of …

Brain aquaporins facilitate the movement of water between the four water compartments:
blood, cerebrospinal fluid, interstitial fluid, and intracellular fluid. This work analyzes the …

We report here the application of a previously described method to directly determine the
CO2 permeability (PCO2) of the cell membranes of normal human red blood cells (RBCs) …

Department of Food Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 Received
September 16, 1985 abstract: The binding of [203Hg]-/?-(chloromercuri) benzenesulfonate …

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 …

For almost a century it was generally assumed that the lipid phases of all biological
membranes are freely permeable to gases. However, recent observations challenge this …

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 …

Active cells contain 60-95% water. Even dormant cells, spores and seeds have water
contents of 10-20%. The unique properties of the water molecule makes water especially …

NMR measurements of the diffusional permeability of the human adult red blood cell (RBC)
membrane to water (P d) and of the activation energy (E a, d) of the process furnished …

An extensive programme of comparative nuclear magnetic resonance measurements of the
membrane diffusional permeability for water (Pd) and of the activation energy (Ea, d) of this …