On the Role of Aquaporins in Myocardial Injury

The presence of aquaporins in the cardiovascular system has been well documented, however our knowledge about their role in myocardial pathophysiology is now being elucidated. A brief overview of the presence, function and regulation of aquaporins in myocardial injury is here presented. On the Role of Aquaporins in Myocardial Injury Marcelo Ozu* Laboratorio de Biomembranas, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina *Corresponding author: Marcelo Ozu, Laboratorio de Biomembranas, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Paraguay 2155, 7o Piso, C1121ABG Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: +054-11-5950-9500 (ext) 2145; E-mail: [email protected] Received February 25, 2014; Accepted February 26, 2014; Published March 04, 2014 Citation: Ozu M (2014) On the Role of Aquaporins in Myocardial Injury. Biochem Pharmacol 3: e155. doi:10.4172/2167-0501.1000e155 Copyright: © 2014 Ozu M. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.