Availability, Toxicology and Medical Significance of Antimony
4.1. Cellular Mechanisms Associated with Antimony Entry and Processing. Antimony enters the cells via aquaporin channels [207,208,209]. More specifically, it has been proven that Sb(III) enters the cells through the GlpF aquaporin channel in Escherichia coli, the same channel that mediates the entry of As(III) into that organism [210,211].