Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26870725›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in chemistry2016

Detecting Aquaporin Function and Regulation.

Ana Madeira, Teresa F Moura, Graça Soveral

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Review in Frontiers in chemistry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Presenting the Special Issue "Aquaporins: Dynamic Role and Regulation".International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. Decreased Serum and Salivary Levels of Aquaporin 5 in Oral Lichen Planus.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025
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  10. Chloride Gradient Is Involved in Ammonium Influx in Human Erythrocytes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  17. AQP3-Dependent PI3K/Akt Modulation in Breast Cancer Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  18. Morphological and Molecular Investigations of Aquaporin-7 (AQP-7) in MaleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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  20. Assessing the Role of Aquaporin 4 in Skeletal Muscle Function.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana MadeiraResearch Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal.
Teresa F MouraResearch Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de LisboaLisboa, Portugal; Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de LisboaCaparica, Portugal.
Graça SoveralResearch Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de LisboaLisboa, Portugal; Departamento Bioquimica e Biologia Humana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de LisboaLisboa, Portugal.
University of Lisbon · PTUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water is the major component of cells and tissues throughout all forms of life. Fluxes of water and solutes through cell membranes and epithelia are essential for osmoregulation and energy homeostasis. Aquaporins are membrane channels expressed in almost every organism and involved in the bidirectional transfer of water and small solutes across cell membranes. Aquaporins have important biological roles and have been implicated in several pathophysiological conditions suggesting a great translational potential in aquaporin-based diagnostics and therapeutics. Detecting aquaporin function is critical for assessing regulation and screening for new activity modulators that can prompt the development of efficient medicines. Appropriate methods for functional analysis comprising suitable cell models and techniques to accurately evaluate water and solute membrane permeability are essential to validate aquaporin function and assess short-term regulation. The present review describes established assays commonly used to assess aquaporin function in cells and tissues, as well as the experimental biophysical strategies required to reveal functional regulation and identify modulators, the first step for aquaporin drug discovery.

Indexed as

aquaglyceroporinaquaporinchannelglycerolinhibitionmembraneregulationwater permeability

Identifiers

PMID26870725
PMCPMC4734071
OpenAlexW2262150665

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