Fluid transport across leaky epithelia: Central role of the tight junction and supporting role of aquaporins

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1271-1290

  Jorge, Fischbarg ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ELECTROOSMOSIS; EPITHELIUM; FLUID TRANSPORT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSCYTOSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER PERMEABILITY; ANIMAL; BODY FLUID; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BODY FLUIDS; EPITHELIUM; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 78149479824     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: 15221210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00025.2009     Document Type: Review

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