Expression of aquaporins early in human pregnancy.

Autores de IIS La Fe

• Justo Javier Escobar Cubiella

  Autor

• María José Gormaz Moreno

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• Alfredo José Perales Marín

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• Raquel Escrig Fernández

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• Enrique Tormos Perez

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• Mónica Pilar Roselló Piera

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• Carmen Orellana Alonso

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• Máximo Vento Torres

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Participantes ajenos a IIS La Fe

• Arduini A
• Gosens K
• Martinez A

Grupos

• Investigación Traslacional en Genética

• Medicina Fetal y Reproductiva

• Perinatología

Abstract

Aquaporins (AQPs) constitute a family of channel proteins implicated in transmembrane water transport. Thirteen different AQPs (AQP0-12) have been described but their precise biologic function still remains unclear. AQPs 1, 3, 4, 8, and 9 expression has been described in human chorion, amnion and placenta; however, AQP4 is the only that has been identified in the first trimester of human pregnancy.