Aquaporin Expression Contributes to Human Transurothelial Permeability In Vitro and Is Modulated by NaCl

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Rubenwolf, Peter C ^a,c   Georgopoulos, Nikolaos T ^a,b   Kirkwood, Lisa A ^a   Baker, Simon C ^a   Southgate, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 7; AQUAPORIN 9; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OSMOLALITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSUROTHELIAL PERMEABILITY; UPREGULATION; UROTHELIUM; WATER TRANSPORT;

AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; UROTHELIUM; WATER;

EID: 84866726361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045339     Document Type: Article

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