Aquaporin 4 is found in the basolateral cell membrane of principal collecting duct cells and provide a pathway for water to exit these cells.^[1]

AQP4 is constitutively expressed.

AQP4 is expressed in astrocytes and is upregulated by direct insult to the central nervous system.^[2]

Pathology

It is the autoimmune target in Devic's disease.

See also

• Aquaporins

References

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