Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2009CB521908);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.30470405, 30570864,30670477 and 30770493);the National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China(No.30325011)
Aquaporins(AQPs) are molecular water channels that play important physiological roles in fluid trans-porting organs. The expression and function of AQPs in the immune system are largely unknown. CD 11 (a-d)/CD18 i...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars(No30325011);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos30570864 and 30670477);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(No NCET-07-0406)
Cystic fibrosis(CF) is a severe genetic disease caused by the gene mutation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator(CFTR) chloride channel. The most common point mutation AF508, which leads to i...
National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(No.30325011);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.30470405, 30570864, 30670477);Distinguished Young Scholars Fund of Jilin Province (No.20030112) ;Excellent Young Teachers Program of Ministry of Education, China
In the present study, we identified the natural compound curcumin to be an effective G551D-CFTR activator by cell-based fluorescent assay and electrophysiological measurement. We demonstrated that curcumin can restore...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 30325011);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30470405 and 30670477);Distinguished Young Scholars Fund of Jilin Province (Grant No. 20030112);Excellent Young Teachers Program of Ministry of Education of China
The asparagine-proline-alanine sequences (NPA motifs) are highly conserved in aquaporin water channel family. Crystallographic studies of AQP1 structure demonstrated that the two NPA motifs are in the narrow central c...
the National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 30325011); National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30470405); Distinguished Young Scholars Fund of Jilin Province (Grant No. 20030112); Excellent Young Teachers Program of Ministry of Education of China.
Migration of tumor cells is a crucial step in tumor invasion and metastasis. Here we provide evidence that aquaporin expression is involved in tumor cell migration. RT-PCR, immunofluorescence and Western blot analysis...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars(No 30325011);National Natural Science Foundation(No 30470405);Distinguished Young Scholars Foundation of Jilin Province(No 20030112);Excellent Young Teachers Program of Ministry of Education,China.
The aquaporins (AQP) are a family of integral membrane proteins that selectively transport water and, in some cases, small neutral solutes such as glycerol and urea. Thirteen mammalian AQP have been molecularly iden...