New Insights into Aquaporins: 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 749
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water and solute transport; membrane; pathophysiology; metabolism; cancer
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Interests: aquaporin; inflammation; immunology; metabolic diseases
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquaporins (AQPs) are involved in many biological functions, including transepithelial fluid transport, cell migration and proliferation, brain edema and neuroexcitation, adipocyte metabolism, and epidermal water retention. In the plant kingdom, aquaporins are key proteins providing strict regulation of water uptake and transport across cellular membranes and tissues at the whole-plant level, regulating plant growth and development. Over the last decade, aquaporins have become a hot area of research in molecular cell biology, biochemistry, and biophysics, with increasing physiological and medical implications. In addition, human diseases caused by aquaporin dysfunction have unveiled these proteins’ potential as drug targets and opened new perspectives with which to untangle mechanisms of disease.
This Special Issue aims to provide an updated scientific view of the aquaporin field, including structure–function relationships, physiological and chemical regulation, implications in disease, and potential as drug targets, creating opportunities for drug development and novel therapies. Authors are invited to submit original research and review papers addressing these topics for this Special Issue.
Dr. Graça Soveral
Dr. Inês Vieira Da Silva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aquaporin
- membrane channel
- regulation
- pathophysiology
- drug target
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- New Insights into Aquaporins in International Journal of Molecular Sciences (10 articles)
