A Repurposed Drug Screen for Compounds Regulating Aquaporin 5 Stability in Lung Epithelial Cells

• Main Authors: John Villandre (Author), Virginia White (Author), Travis B. Lear (Author), Yanwen Chen (Author), Ferhan Tuncer (Author), Emily Vaiz (Author), Beyza Tuncer (Author), Karina Lockwood (Author), Dan Camarco (Author), Yuan Liu (Author), Bill B. Chen (Author), John Evankovich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aquaporin 5 (AQP5) is expressed in several cell types in the lung and regulates water transport, which contributes to barrier function during injury and the composition of glandular secretions. Reduced AQP5 expression is associated with barrier dysfunction during acute lung injury, and strategies to...