Functional domains of aquaporin-1: Keys to physiology, and targets for drug discovery

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 13, Issue 31, 2007, Pages 3212-3221

  Yool, Andrea J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Blood brain barrier endothelium; cGMP; Dorsal root ganglia neurons; Homeostasis; Ischaemia

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMINOPTERIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 2; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 5; AQUAPORIN 6; AQUAPORIN 9; BRADYKININ; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DYSTROPHIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GOLD CHLORIDE; MESSENGER RNA; METHOTREXATE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NODULIN; PHLORETIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TETRYLAMMONIUM; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BRAIN EDEMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RESISTANCE; CELL MIGRATION; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SPECIFICITY; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WATER PERMEABILITY;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORINS; BRAIN; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WATER;

EID: 34548718356     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161207782341349     Document Type: Review

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