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...
End-stage lung diseases are common and frequentlyoccurring diseases which are difficult for clinical treatment. In recent years, lung transplantation has become a widely accepted and effective therapeutic option for p...
The work was supported by a grant from the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2005038182)
Background The discovery of water channel aquaporins (AQPs) has greatly expanded the understanding of the regulation of the water permeability of biological membranes. Aquaporin-1 (AQP1) may be involved in fluid t...
This research was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30371543)
Background Over 70% of the total tissue weight in the cartilage matrix consists of water, and the early-stage osteoarthritic cartilage is characterized by swelling. Water transport in the cartilage matrix and across t...
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.39870903) and Shanghai Education Grant (No.98QN65).
Objective To investigate the expression of aquaporin-1 (AQP1) in the human peritoneum and to evaluate the effect of peritoneal dialysis (PD) on its expression.Methods Peritoneal biopsies were obtained from normal subj...