4 Laboratory of Genetics, Immunology and Human Pathologies ... Detailed analyses of Plasmodium falciparum aquaporin structure and homologs were compared with those of humans.

"As a member of aquaporin family, AQP5 is expressed in cornea, which is related to many eye diseases," explained lead investigator Peng Chen, Ph.D., Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and ...

In addition, two human diseases that are linked to aquaporins ... The growing knowledge of aquaporin (AQP) structure, particularly the atomic-level geometry of specific hydrophobic and hydrophilic ...

Seven aquaporin water channels are expressed in human kidneys, and they have key ... secretion and AQP7 in glycerol metabolism Figure 1: Structure of aquaporin-2 embedded in the cell membrane ...

"As a member of aquaporin family, AQP5 is expressed in cornea, which is related to many eye diseases," explained lead investigator Peng Chen, PhD, Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and ...

Aquaporins are a family of small membrane proteins widely expressed by plant and animal cells. They bear a similar basic structure in whichever organism they are found, consisting of six ...

Since aquaporin-1 is abundant in renal proximal tubular epithelium, the thin descending limb of the loop of Henle, and the descending vasa recta of the kidney, 8,9 we hypothesized that people with ...

In theory, assembled imidazole molecules act like an aquaporin by allowing water molecules to enter and possibly flow through the center of the ring structure while keeping out other molecules.