Expression of water channel proteins (aquaporins) in the rat Eustachian tube and middle ear mucosa

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 687-692

  Kang, Sung Ho ^a,b   Chang, Ki Hong ^a,c   Ohcho, Shuji ^a,d   Lee, Haa Yung ^a   Cha, Kiweon ^a   Moon, Sung Kyun ^a,e   Andalibi, Ali ^a,f   Lim, David J ^a,f  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Mucociliary system; Mucous blanket; Tubotympanum; Water channels

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 2; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 5; AQUAPORIN 7;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GOBLET CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE EAR; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EAR, MIDDLE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FIBROBLASTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 34250688278     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500452574     Document Type: Article

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