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Involvement of aquaporin-5 in differentiation of human gastric cancer cells
1 Mar 2009
Abstract excerpt
Litttle is known about the function of aquaporin (AQP) water channels in human gastric cancer. In the upper or middle part of human stomach, we found that expression level of AQP5 protein in intestinal type of adenocarcinoma was significantly higher than that in accompanying normal mucosa. AQP5 was localized in the apical membrane of the cancer cells. On the other hand, both AQP3 and AQP4 were not up-regulated in...
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