Aquaporins

Recent advances in the molecular biology and physiology of water transport have yielded new insights into how and why water moves across cell membranes, and studies on aquaporin knockout mouse models suggest that aquaporins are involved in the development of some diseases and they may be useful targets of research into selective-inhibitor drugs.

Progresele recente in biologia moleculara si fiziologia transportului de apa au dat noi informatii despre cum si de ce se misca apa peste membranele celulare, iar studiile asupra modelelor de soareci knockout de acvaporina sugereaza ca acvaporinele sunt implicate in dezvoltarea unor boli si pot fi tinte utile cercetarea medicamentelor cu inhibitori selectivi.