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 …

Increasing evidence suggests that the water/glycerol channel aquaporin-3 (AQP3) plays a
pivotal role in cancer metastasis. AQP3 knockout mice were resistant to skin tumor formation …

Plasticity of epithelial cell‐cell adhesion is vital in epithelial homeostasis and is regulated in
multiple processes associated with cell migration, such as embryogenesis and wound …

Menière's disease, clinically characterized by fluctuating, recurrent, and invalidating vertigo,
hearing loss, and tinnitus, is linked to an increase in endolymph volume, the so-called …

Water can diffuse freely through the lipid bilayer at a limited rate or by water channel
proteins in a rapid speed. Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of membrane water channel …

Key points Exogenous Na+/H+ exchanger 1 (NHE1) expression stimulated the collective
migration of epithelial cell sheets Stimulation with epidermal growth factor, a key …

Fine tuning of urine concentration occurs in the renal collecting duct in response to
circulating levels of arginine vasopressin (AVP). AVP stimulates intracellular cAMP …

Nanodomains are a biological membrane phenomenon which have a large impact on
various cellular processes. They are often analysed by looking at the lateral dynamics of …

Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of membrane water channels that basically function as
regulators of intracellular and intercellular water flow. To date, 13 AQPs, distributed widely in …

Aquaporin-5 (AQP5) facilitates passive water transport in glandular epithelia in response to
secretory stimuli via intracellular pathways involving calcium release, cAMP and protein …