Abstract Background Hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) is an important signaling compound that
has recently been identified as a new substrate for several members of the aquaporin …

Gallstone disease is a common pathology of the digestive system with nearly a 10–20%
incidence rate among adults. The mainstay of treatment is cholecystectomy, which is …

Many fishes are ammonotelic but some species can detoxify ammonia to glutamine or urea.
Certain fish species can accumulate high levels of ammonia in the brain or defense against …

The discovery of aquaporin water channels by Agre and coworkers answered a long-
standing biophysical question of how the majority of water crosses biological membranes …

Background information. MIPs (major intrinsic proteins) form channels across biological
membranes that control recruitment of water and small solutes such as glycerol and urea in …

Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of transmembrane water channel proteins, which were
initially characterized as a novel protein family that plays a vital role in transcellular and …

Mitochondrial volume homeostasis is a housekeeping cellular function essential for
maintaining the structural integrity of the organelle. Changes in mitochondrial volume have …

We have shown recently, in a yeast expression system, that some aquaporins are
permeable to ammonia. In the present study, we expressed the mammalian aquaporins …

Aquaporins (AQPs) were originally identified as channels facilitating water transport across
the plasma membrane. They have a pair of highly conserved signature sequences …

Mitochondria are remarkably plastic organelles constantly changing their shape to fulfil their
various functional activities. Although the osmotic movement of water into and out of the …