The aquaglyceroporin aquaporin-3, AQP3 (AQP3, GeneID: 360), which also transports glycerin in addition to water, is expressed in normal epidermis and overexpressed in basal cell carcinoma and human skin squamous cell carcinomas (Hara-Chikuma and Verkman, 2008). Here, AQP3 is linked to basal cell carcinoma.