Functions of aquaporins in the eye

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-433

  Verkman, A S ^a   Ruiz Ederra, Javier ^a   Levin, Marc H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 0; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 5; AUTOANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCEROL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DRUG TARGETING; EYE DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS; LENS DISEASE; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUELLER CELL; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA EDEMA; RETINA ISCHEMIA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEAR FILM; TISSUE REPAIR; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CORNEA; EYE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

EID: 48449083966     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2008.04.001     Document Type: Review

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