International Society of Nephrology. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Publication date
28/02/1982
Field of study
Osmosis is a phenomenon of paramount significance for the transport of water and solutes through biological membranes. It accounts for fluid transport out of the kidney tubules and the gastrointestinal tract, into capillaries, and across cell membranes. The thermodynamic equations for osmosis are well established [1], but, despite the fundamental significance for biological fluid transport, an understanding of osmosis at the molecular level has been lacking