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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes2022

Molecular mechanisms governing aquaporin relocalisation.

Andrea Markou, Lucas Unger, Mohammed Abir-Awan, Ahmed Saadallah, Andrea Halsey, Zita Balklava, Matthew Conner, Susanna Törnroth-Horsefield, Stuart D Greenhill, Alex Conner and 3 more

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Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.7field-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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Cutaneous Wound Healing and the Effects of Cannabidiol.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrea MarkouCollege of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
Lucas UngerCollege of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
Mohammed Abir-AwanCollege of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
Ahmed SaadallahCollege of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
Andrea HalseyMRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
Zita BalklavaCollege of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
Matthew ConnerSchool of Sciences, Research Institute in Healthcare Science, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK.
Susanna Törnroth-HorsefieldDepartment of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University, PO Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden.
Stuart D GreenhillCollege of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
Alex ConnerInstitute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Roslyn M BillCollege of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
Mootaz M SalmanDepartment of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK; Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK. Electronic address: mootaz.salman@dpag.ox.ac.uk.
Philip KitchenCollege of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK. Electronic address: p.kitchen1@aston.ac.uk.
Aston University · GBLund University · SEUniversity of Birmingham · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of Wolverhampton · GBWellcome/MRC Institute of Metabolic Science · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D012910/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P025927/1British Heart Foundation PG/10/54/28460Medical Research Council MC_EX_MR/N50192X/1Medical Research Council MR/L023784/2Medical Research Council MR/M024962/1Medical Research Council MR/N029453/1Medical Research Council MR/P007058/1Parkinson's UK G-0801Parkinson's UK G-1003Parkinson's UK H-1102Parkinson's UK H-1301Parkinson's UK J-0901Parkinson's UK K-1003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aquaporins (AQPs) form a family of integral membrane proteins that facilitate the movement of water across biological membrane by osmosis, as well as facilitating the diffusion of small polar solutes. AQPs have been recognised as drug targets for a variety of disorders associated with disrupted water or solute transport, including brain oedema following stroke or trauma, epilepsy, cancer cell migration and tumour angiogenesis, metabolic disorders, and inflammation. Despite this, drug discovery for AQPs has made little progress due to a lack of reproducible high-throughput assays and difficulties with the druggability of AQP proteins. However, recent studies have suggested that targetting the trafficking of AQP proteins to the plasma membrane is a viable alternative drug target to direct inhibition of the water-conducting pore. Here we review the literature on the trafficking of mammalian AQPs with a view to highlighting potential new drug targets for a variety of conditions associated with disrupted water and solute homeostasis.

Indexed as

AnimalsAquaporinsCell MembraneHumansOsmosisPlantsProtein IsoformsProtein TransportWaterAquaporinsProtein IsoformsWaterAQPAquaporinMembrane traffickingOsmosis

Identifiers

PMID34973181
PMCPMC8825993
OpenAlexW4200409956

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