Aquaporins in Brain Health and Brain Injury.

Aquaporins in Brain Health and Brain Injury.
Mini Rev Med Chem. 2019 Oct 18;:
Authors: Dasdelen D, Mogulkoc R, Baltaci AK
Abstract
In the literature screening, aquaporins were found in the cerebral structures including the pia mater, choroid plexus, ependyma, piriform cortex, hippocampus, dorsal thalamus, supraoptic and suprachiasmatic nuclei, white matter and subcortical organ. Among these, the most common are AQP1, AQP4, and AQP9. The roles of aquaporins have been demonstrated in several diseases such as cerebral edema, various central nervous system tumors, Alzheimer and epilepsy. In this review brain /brain injury and aquaporin relationship have been viewed.
PMID: 31656150 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry - October 17, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Dasdelen D, Mogulkoc R, Baltaci AK Tags: Mini Rev Med Chem Source Type: research