Expression of aquaporin water channels in the vagina in premenopausal women

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1925-1930

  Kim, Sun Ouck ^a   Oh, Kyung Jin ^a   Lee, Hyun Suk ^a   Ahn, Kyuyoun ^a   Kim, Soo Wan ^a   Park, Kwangsung ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Human; Lubrication; Physiology; Vagina

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 2; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 5; AQUAPORIN 6; AQUAPORIN 7; AQUAPORIN 8; AQUAPORIN 9;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUBRICATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE LEVEL; VAGINA; VENULE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 79960460146     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02284.x     Document Type: Article

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