(Wiley Online Library, 2023-01) Michałek, Katarzyna; Oberska, Patrycja; Department of Physiology, Cytobiology and Proteomics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland; Department of Physiology, Cytobiology and Proteomics, West Pomeranian University 7 of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
Aquaporins (AQPs) – small, “unusual” proteins, whose discovery revolutionized the view of membrane transport of water and other small molecules, are essential for all living organism. AQPs located in the male reproductive system seem to play a key role in the proper course of many processes occurring within it, and thus maintaining a high reproductive potential.