The presence of local osmotic gradients can account for the water flux driven by the Na+-glucose cotransporter.
Lapointe
Jean-Yves
JY
Groupe de recherche en transport membranaire, Physics Department, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7. jean-yves.lapointe@umontreal.ca
Gagnon
Marilène
M
Poirier
Simon
S
Bissonnette
Pierre
P
D000818:Animals; D004058:Diffusion; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009995:Osmosis; D051269:Sodium-Glucose Transporter 1; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; C495674:SLC5A1 protein, human; D051269:Sodium-Glucose Transporter 1; D014867:Water