Aquaporins and cancer / 基础医学与临床

ABSTRACT

The aquaporins (AQPs) are small, integral-membrane proteins which selectively transport water across cell plasma membranes. AQPs are over-expressed in tumor cells of different origins, particularly aggressive tumors. AQPs-expressing cancer cells show enhanced migration in vitro and greater local tumor invasion, tumor cell extrava-sations, and metastases in vivo. AQPs inhibition will provide a help for tumor therapy.