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Aquaporin 2

Known as: Aquaporin CD, Aquaporin-2, Aquaporin-CD 
Aquaporin 2 is a water-specific channel protein that is expressed in KIDNEY COLLECTING DUCTS. The translocation of aquaporin 2 to the apical PLASMA… 
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Phosphorylation of Aquaporin-2 Regulates Its Water Permeability*
Vasopressin-regulated water reabsorption through the water channel aquaporin-2 (AQP2) in renal collecting ducts maintains body… 
2006
2006
Aquaporin‐1 and aquaporin‐2 urinary excretion in cirrhosis: Relationship with ascites and hepatorenal syndrome
Several experimental models of cirrhosis have shown dysregulation of renal aquaporins in different phases of liver disease. We… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Wnt4-transformed mouse embryonic stem cells differentiate into renal tubular cells.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Dual effects of hypertonicity on aquaporin-2 expression in cultured renal collecting duct principal cells.
The driving force for renal water reabsorption is provided by the osmolarity gradient between the interstitium and the tubular… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Aquaporin-2 is retrieved to the apical storage compartment via early endosomes and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent pathway.
Aquaporin-2 (AQP2) is one of the water-channel proteins expressed in principal cells of kidney collecting ducts, where it is… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Aquaporin-2: COOH terminus is necessary but not sufficient for routing to the apical membrane.
Renal regulation of mammalian water homeostasis is mediated by the aquaporin-1 (AQP1) water channel, which is expressed in the… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Aquaporin-2, a regulated water channel, is expressed in apical membranes of rat distal colon epithelium.
Aquaporin-2 (AQP-2) is the vasopressin-regulated water channel expressed in the apical membrane of principal cells in the… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Phosphorylation of Aquaporin-2 Does Not Alter the Membrane Water Permeability of Rat Papillary Water Channel-containing Vesicles (*)
Antidiuretic hormone modulates the water permeability (P) of epithelial cells in the rat kidney by vesicle-mediated insertion and… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Direct demonstration of aquaporin-2 water channel recycling in stably transfected LLC-PK1 epithelial cells.
Vasopressin-dependent membrane insertion of aquaporin-2 (AQP-2) in collecting duct principal cells has been demonstrated in vivo… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Constitutive and regulated membrane expression of aquaporin 1 and aquaporin 2 water channels in stably transfected LLC-PK1 epithelial cells.
The aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of homologous water-channel proteins that can be inserted into epithelial cell plasma… 
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