In addition to the priority in the discovery of the first water channel protein in the red blood
cell membrane the group of Gheorghe Benga in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, also has a world …

The aim of this article is to describe the roles of water channel proteins (WCPs) in some
neurological diseases in which the implications of these proteins became obvious in the …

The abundant evidence linking epilepsy with hydroelectrolytical changes in epilepsy
reported in the medical literature for over 9 decades is reviewed. Our work on this topic is …

Aquaporin-4 (AQP4), the prominent water channel in the brain, is particularly concentrated
in astrocytic endfeet membranes lining the capillaries and the pia. This localisation pattern …

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 …

The process of water transport across biological membranes is of considerable importance
for many physiological processes, ranging from regulation of cell volume to the protection of …

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 …

Aquaporin (AQP) 4 is a water-specific channel protein and is abundant in central nervous
tissues and skeletal muscles. Recently, the AQP4 molecule has been increasingly …

Background In Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), previous freeze-fracture electron
microscopic studies demonstrated that muscle plasma membrane contained markedly …

Abstract Aquaporin-4 (AQP-4), the most important water channel in the brain, is expressed
by astrocyte end feet abutting microvessels. Altered expression levels of AQP-4 and …