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ReviewPflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology2019

Aquaporins in the lung.

Oliver H Wittekindt, Paul Dietl

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Review in Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dexmedetomidine Dose-Dependent Modulation of Lung Function and AQP1 Expression During One-Lung Ventilation in Adults Undergoing Thoracoscopic Surgery.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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  6. Research Progress on the Mechanisms of High Mucus Secretion in the Airway: A Scoping Review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026
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  7. Serum Aquaporin-1 and 3 Levels in Term Newborns.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025
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  9. Aquaporins: a novel perspective in the treatment of lung diseases.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  19. Physiological Cooperation between Aquaporin 5 and TRPV4.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  20. Alveolar macrophages: Achilles' heel of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2022
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Oliver H WittekindtInstitute of General Physiology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany. oliver.wittekindt@uni-ulm.de.ORCID 0000-0002-1890-6471
Paul DietlInstitute of General Physiology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Universität Ulm · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lung is the interface between air and blood where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs. The surface liquid that is directly exposed to the gaseous compartment covers both conducting airways and respiratory zone and forms the air-liquid interface. The barrier that separates this lining fluid of the airways and alveoli from the extracellular compartment is the pulmonary epithelium. The volume of the lining fluid must be kept in a range that guarantees an appropriate gas exchange and other functions, such as mucociliary clearance. It is generally accepted that this is maintained by balancing resorptive and secretory fluid transport across the pulmonary epithelium. Whereas osmosis is considered as the exclusive principle of fluid transport in the airways, filtration may contribute to alveolar fluid accumulation under pathologic conditions. Aquaporins (AQP) facilitate water flux across cell membranes, and as such, they provide a transcellular route for water transport across epithelia. However, their contribution to near-isosmolar fluid conditions in the lung still remains elusive. Herein, we discuss the role of AQPs in the lung with regard to fluid homeostasis across the respiratory epithelium.

Indexed as

AnimalsAquaporinsBiological TransportCell MembraneHumansLungPulmonary AlveoliRespiratory MucosaWaterAquaporinsWaterAquaporinEndotheliumEpitheliumLungWater transport

Identifiers

PMID30397774
PMCPMC6435619
OpenAlexW2899911276

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