Aquaporins

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Beitz, Eric. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 190
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Toxicology.; Hematology.; Nephrology.; Neurology.; Life sciences.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Human Physiology.; Life Sciences, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79885-9

The aquaporin field has matured at an exceptionally fast pace and we are at the verge to develop serious strategies to therapeutically modulate aquaporin function directly or via regulatory networks. Key prerequisites are available today: i. a considerable (and growing) number of aquaporin crystal s...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Part I. Aquaporin protein structure and selectivity mechanisms
• Part II. Aquaporin function in mammalian water homeostasis
• Part III. Aquaporin glycerol permeability in mammalian physiology
• Part IV. Aquaporin functions apart from water and glycerol transport
• Part V. Towards therapeutic use of aquaporins.