This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81373503).
Objective:To explore biological mechanisms underlying the traditional Chinese medicine theory of 'lung governing the regulation of water passage' by observing effects of mechanical ventilation on urine volume and rela...
Supported by the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province(No.2012B050600032);the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou(No.1515000176)
AIM: To determine the levels of aquaporin-1(AQP-1) in the lens epithelial cells(LECs) of primary glaucoma and to clarify its correlation with lens thickness.METHODS: This study comprised 64 eyes of 64 patients w...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81070715);Innovative Platform Foundation of Fujian Province;China(No.2010Y2003)
AIM:To investigate the role of Aquaporin-1(AQP-1)in lens epithelial cells(LECs)and its potential target genes.AQP-1 is specifically expressed in LECs of eyes and is significant for lens homeostasis and transparen...
Background: Aquaporins (AQPs) are important in controlling bile water secretion. AQP is related to the invasion and metastasis of cancer. However, the relationship of biliary tract cancer is not clear. The role of AQP...
supported by a grant from Technical Research and Development Fund of Shenzhen(No.JCYJ20140416122812032)
This study aims to elucidate the mechanisms by which dexmedetomidine alleviates pulmonary edema in rats with acute lung injury induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five gr...
Background It has found that ischemic postconditioning (IPO) might decrease pulmonary ischemia/reperfusion (I/ R) injury,which is one of the main reasons of lung injury caused by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).It ...
Background The extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves tablets, ginaton, is widely used in treating ischemic cerebrovascular disease in the clinic. This study aimed to investigate the expression of aquaporin-1 (AQP-1) in ra...
Objective To testify the lung injury induced by cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB) in canine model and observe the influence of CPB on the aquaporin 1 (AQP1) mRNA expression in canine lung. Methods 8 mongrel dogs were used t...