Expression of aquaporin 5 (AQP5) promotes tumor invasion in human non small cell lung cancer.

The aquaporins (AQP) are water channel proteins playing a major role in transcellular and transepithelial water movement. Recently, the role of AQPs in human carcinogenesis has become an area of great interest. Here, by immunohistochemistry (IHC), we have found an expression of AQP5 protein in 35.3%...

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Main Authors: Young Kwang Chae, Janghee Woo, Mi-Jung Kim, Sung Koo Kang, Myoung Sook Kim, Juna Lee, Seung Koo Lee, Gyungyub Gong, Yong Hee Kim, Jean Charles Soria, Se Jin Jang, David Sidransky, Chulso Moon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2364652?pdf=render