Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Table 1 Cellular localization of aquaporin isoforms in the mammalian uterus

From: Distribution and quantitative changes in amounts of aquaporin 1, 5 and 9 in the pig uterus during the estrous cycle and early pregnancy

Aquaporin	Permeable to water/glycerol	Expression pattern
AQP0	Low/-	NA
AQP1	High/-	Vs, MC [11, 14–16, 18, 42, 43, 47, 48]
AQP2	High/-	EP, MC [14, 18–20]
AQP3	High/Yes	EP [14]
AQP4	High/-	EP [15]
AQP5	High/-	EP, MC [11, 15–18, 48]
AQP6	Low/-	NA
AQP7	High/Yes	NA
AQP8	High/-	ST, MC [14]
AQP9	Low/Yes	EP [11, 17]
AQP10	Low/Yes	NA
AQP11	NA/NA	NA
AQP12	NA/NA	NA

EP - epithelial cells, MC - muscle cells, ST - stroma, Vs - vessels, NA - data are not available.

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