Given the inverse correlation between AQP1 protein abundance and apoptosis reported in several tumor cell types (Lehnerdt et al., 2015; Moosavi & Elham, 2020; Simone et al., 2018; Tomita et al., 2017), we tested whether elevated levels of AQP1 could contribute to apoptosis resistance in SuHx PASMCs. The gene discussed is AQP1; the disease is neoplasm.