Expression, distribution and role of aquaporin water channels in human and animal stomach and intestines

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Zhu, Cui ^a   Chen, Zhuang ^a   Jiang, Zongyong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Cancer; Distribution; Expression; Intestine; Pathology; Physiology; Stomach

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 10; AQUAPORIN 11; AQUAPORIN 2; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 5; AQUAPORIN 7; AQUAPORIN 8; AQUAPORIN 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STOMACH; STOMACH CANCER; ANIMAL; GENETICS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOMACH;

EID: 85016096773     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17091399     Document Type: Review

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