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Vanilloid receptor (TRPV1)-deficient mice show increased susceptibility to dinitrobenzene sulfonic acid induced colitis.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Feb 2006
Massa F, Sibaev A, Marsicano G, Blaudzun H, Storr M, Lutz B
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In the human colon, vanilloid receptor TRPV1 is overexpressed both in afferent nerve terminals and in epithelial cells during inflammation. In the past years, pharmacological experiments using TRPV1 agonists and antagonists revealed that TRPV1 receptors may play proinflammatory and protective roles in the gastrointestinal tract. Here, we applied a genetic approach to define the role of TRPV1 and analyzed the...
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