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Specific polyunsaturated fatty acids drive TRPV-dependent sensory signaling in vivo.
Cell - 17 Dec 2004
Kahn-Kirby Amanda H, Dantzker Jami L M, Apicella Alfonso J, Schafer William R, Browse John, Bargmann Cornelia I, Watts Jennifer L
Abstract excerpt
A variety of lipid and lipid-derived molecules can modulate TRP cation channel activity, but the identity of the lipids that affect TRP channel function in vivo is unknown. Here, we use genetic and behavioral analysis in the nematode C. elegans to implicate a subset of 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in TRPV channel-dependent olfactory and nociceptive behaviors. Olfactory and nociceptive TRPV...
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