Unravelling the genome of the brackish water malaria vector Anopheles aquasalis by Rodrigo Maciel Alencar, Cesar Camilo Prado Sepulveda, Luis Martinez-Villegas, Ana Cristina Bahia, Rosa Amélia Santana, Igor Belém de Souza, Gigliola Mayara Ayres D’Elia, Ana Paula Marques Duarte, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Nágila Francinete Costa Secundino, Paulo Filemon Paolucci Pimenta, Leonardo Barbosa Koerich

“…We identified gene families relevant to osmosis control (e.g., aquaporins, vacuolar-ATPases, Na+/K+-ATPases, and carbonic anhydrases). …”
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Effect of traditional chinese medicine (TCM) and its fermentation using Lactobacillus plantarum on ceftriaxone sodium-induced dysbacteriotic diarrhea in mice by Xin Guo, Zipeng Yan, Jixiang Wang, Xinfeng Fan, Jie Kang, Ruiyan Niu, Zilong Sun

“…The mRNA expressions of aquaporins (AQPs) and tight junctions (TJs) decreased by CS were enhanced by TCM, LP, and FTCM. …”
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Molecular Programming of Drought-Challenged Trichoderma harzianum-Bioprimed Rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Bishnu Maya Bashyal, Pooja Parmar, Najam Waris Zaidi, Rashmi Aggarwal

“…The genes exclusively expressed in T. harzianum-treated drought-stressed plants were mostly photosynthetic and antioxidative such as plastocyanin, small chain of Rubisco, PSI subunit Q, PSII subunit PSBY, osmoproteins, proline-rich protein, aquaporins, stress-enhanced proteins, and chaperonins. …”
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Microfluidic Determination of Distinct Membrane Transport Properties between Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells CL1-0 and CL1-5 by Chiu-Jen Chen, Min-Heng Kao, Noel A. S. Alvarado, Yong-Ming Ye, Hsiu-Yang Tseng

“…The deviated behavior of CL1-5 might be a consequence of the altered expression of aquaporins and the coupling of a cryoprotective agent and water, and has given a vision on possible studies over these properties, and their potential relationship to invasiveness and metastatic stability of the CL1 cell line.…”
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The genus Arachis: an excellent resource for studies on differential gene expression for stress tolerance by Dilip Kumar, Pulugurtha Bharadwaja Kirti

“…Differential gene expression studies in response to abiotic stresses, reported the most commonly expressed genes are transcription factors (MYB, WRKY, NAC, bZIP, bHLH, AP2/ERF), LEA proteins, chitinase, aquaporins, F-box, cytochrome p450 and ROS scavenging enzymes. …”
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RNA-seq Transcriptome Response of Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) to the Pathogenic Fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini. by Leonardo Miguel Galindo-González, Michael K. Deyholos

“…Additionally, regulation of some genes indicated potential pathogen manipulation to facilitate infection; these included four disease resistance proteins that were repressed, indole acetic acid amido/amino hydrolases which were upregulated, activated expansins and glucanases, amino acid transporters and aquaporins, and finally, repression of major latex proteins.…”
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Daidzein Protects Caco-2 Cells against Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Injury by Suppressing PI3K/AKT and P38 Pathways by Baoping Zhang, Xiaohan Wei, Mengze Ding, Zhenye Luo, Xiaomei Tan, Zezhong Zheng

“…Daidzein improving the barrier integrity has been reported, but the effect on tight junction proteins and aquaporins is not well-described yet, and the underlying mechanism remains indistinct in the human intestinal epithelium. …”
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Identification and Validation of Reference Genes for qRT-PCR Analysis of Petal-Color-Related Genes in <i>Rosa praelucens</i> by Hongying Jian, Huichun Wang, Xianqin Qiu, Huijun Yan, Lulin Ma

“…Seven candidate reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis, including tubulin α chain (<i>TUBA</i>), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (<i>GAPDH</i>), histone H2B (<i>Histone2A</i>), eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1-α (<i>EEF1A</i>), 60S ribosomal protein (<i>RPL37</i>), eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1-α (<i>EIF1A</i>), and aquaporins (<i>AQP</i>), were detected from the transcriptome datasets of full blooming flowers of white-petaled and pink-petaled individuals, and their expression stabilities were evaluated through qRT-PCR analysis. …”
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Proteome and transcriptome analyses reveal key molecular differences between quality parameters of commercial-ripe and tree-ripe fig (Ficus carica L.) by Yuanyuan Cui, Ziran Wang, Shangwu Chen, Alexander Vainstein, Huiqin Ma

“…Endoglucanase, expansin, beta-galactosidase, pectin esterase and aquaporins were upregulated from the CR to TR stage at the protein level. …”
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Pingwei San Ameliorates Spleen Deficiency-Induced Diarrhea through Intestinal Barrier Protection and Gut Microbiota Modulation by Yimeng Fan, Qingyu Zhao, Yuanyuan Wei, Huiru Wang, Yu Ga, Yannan Zhang, Zhihui Hao

“…Additionally, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and immunohistochemistry were employed to assess the expression of inflammatory factors, aquaporins (AQPs), and tight junction markers in the colon tissues. …”
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Wheat <i>TaTIP4;1</i> Confers Enhanced Tolerance to Drought, Salt and Osmotic Stress in <i>Arabidopsis</i> and Rice by Yan Wang, Yaqi Zhang, Yinchao An, Jingyuan Wu, Shibin He, Lirong Sun, Fushun Hao

“…Tonoplast aquaporins (intrinsic proteins, TIPs) have been indicated to play important roles in plant tolerance to water deficit and salinity. …”
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The environment behavior of organophosphate esters (OPEs) and di-esters in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): Uptake mechanism, in vivo hydrolysis and subcellular distribution by Xinying Gong, Yu Wang, Jian Pu, Junjie Zhang, Hongwen Sun, Lei Wang

“…TCEP, TnBP, and TPhP) and DPhP were facilitated diffusion mediated by aquaporins or anion channels, while uptake of BCEP and DnBP were simple diffusion processes. …”
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On the necessity of dissecting sequence similarity scores into segment-specific contributions for inferring protein homology, function prediction and annotation by Wong, Wing-Cheong, Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, Eisenhaber, Birgit, Eisenhaber, Frank

“…Conclusions Sequence similarity core dissection with regard to fold-critical and other contributions systematically suppresses false hits and, additionally, recovers previously obscured homology relationships such as the one between aquaporins and formate/nitrite transporters that, so far, was only supported by structure comparison.…”
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The coming of age of water channels for separation membranes: from biological to biomimetic to synthetic by Lim, Yu Jie, Goh, Kunli, Wang, Rong

“…Herein, this review outlines the progress of a comprehensive amount of nanochannels, which include aquaporins, pillar[5]arenes, I-quartets, different types of nanotubes and their porins, graphene-based materials, metal- and covalent-organic frameworks, porous organic cages, MoS2, and MXenes, offering a comparative glimpse into where their potential lies. …”
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Comparative Genomics Supports That Brazilian Bioethanol Saccharomyces cerevisiae Comprise a Unified Group of Domesticated Strains Related to Cachaça Spirit Yeasts by Ana Paula Jacobus, Timothy G. Stephens, Pierre Youssef, Raul González-Pech, Michael M. Ciccotosto-Camp, Michael M. Ciccotosto-Camp, Katherine E. Dougan, Katherine E. Dougan, Yibi Chen, Yibi Chen, Yibi Chen, Luiz Carlos Basso, Jeverson Frazzon, Cheong Xin Chan, Cheong Xin Chan, Cheong Xin Chan, Jeferson Gross

“…Widespread amplifications of quinone oxidoreductases YCR102C/YLR460C/YNL134C, and the structural or punctual variations among aquaporins and components of the iron homeostasis system, likely represent adaptations to industrial fermentation. …”
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Transcriptome profiling and digital gene expression analysis of genes associated with salinity resistance in peanut by Jiongming Sui, Pingping Jiang, Guilong Qin, Shupeng Gai, Dan Zhu, Lixian Qiao, Jingshan Wang

“…These 86 DEGs included genes that encoded the following kinds of proteins that are known to be involved in resistance to salinity stress: late embryogenesis abundant proteins (LEAs), major intrinsic proteins (MIPs) or aquaporins, metallothioneins (MTs), lipid transfer protein (LTP), calcineurin B-like protein-interacting protein kinases (CIPKs), 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) and oleosins, etc. …”
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Xiaochaihutang Improves the Cortical Astrocyte Edema in Thioacetamide-Induced Rat Acute Hepatic Encephalopathy by Activating NRF2 Pathway by Weiyi Jia, Weiyi Jia, Jiajia Liu, Rui Hu, Anling Hu, Weiwei Tang, Lijuan Li, Jin Li, Jin Li

“…Furthermore, the expression of NRF2 pathway proteins and mRNA, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and aquaporins 4 (AQP4) were examined. In order to determine whether XCHT has a direct effect on cerebral edema caused by high ammonia, we examined the effect of XCHT compound serum on cortical astrocytes in the presence of ammonia, through microscopic observation and immunofluorescence (IF). …”
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Increased cerebral expressions of MMPs, CLDN5, OCLN, ZO1 and AQPs are associated with brain edema following fatal heat stroke by Yu Du, Jing-Tao Xu, Hong-Nian Jin, Rui Zhao, Dong Zhao, Si-Hao Du, Ye Xue, Xiao-Li Xie, Qi Wang

“…Using these validated reference genes, mRNA expressions of Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs, MMP2 and MMP9), Claudin5 (CLDN5), Occludin (OCLN), Zona occludens protein-1 (ZO1) and Aquaporins (AQPs, AQP1 and AQP4) in the cerebral cortex were examined. …”
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Transcriptome, Biochemical and Phenotypic Analysis of the Effects of a Precision Engineered Biostimulant for Inducing Salinity Stress Tolerance in Tomato by Elomofe Ikuyinminu, Oscar Goñi, Łukasz Łangowski, Shane O’Connell

“…A more efficient osmotic adjustment was characterized by a significant increase in relative water content (RWC), which most likely was associated with osmolyte accumulation and upregulation of genes related to aquaporins (e.g., <i>PIP2.1</i>, <i>TIP2.1</i>). A higher content of photosynthetic pigments (+19.8% to +27.5%), increased expression of genes involved in photosynthetic efficiency and chlorophyll biosynthesis (e.g., <i>LHC</i>, <i>PORC</i>) and enhanced primary carbon and nitrogen metabolic mechanisms were observed, leading to a higher fruit yield and fruit number (47.5% and 32.5%, respectively). …”
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Elevated sweat chloride test: is it always cystic fibrosis? by C. Cimbalo, A. Tosco, V. Terlizzi, A. Sepe, A. Castaldo, L. Salvadori, V. Raia

“…Conclusions We hypotesized the possible causes of ST alteration in these conditions: in celiac disease it could be due to a transient dysregulation of the aquaporins, rapidly reversed by the diet; in Klinefelter, it may be due to stable pubertal hypoandrogenism; while, the PEG formulation itself contains salts that can temporarily alter ST.…”
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