Potential value of aquaporin-8 in treatment of liver diseases / 临床肝胆病杂志

ABSTRACT

Aquaporins are involved in bile metabolism and cell signal transduction. This article briefly describes the role and mechanism of action of aquaporins in cholestatic liver disease, alcoholic liver disease, hepatic encephalopathy, and liver cancer and points out that aquaporin agonists may be a future direction of treatment of these liver diseases, which provides new ideas for the treatment of liver diseases.