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Substance P and Neurokinin 1 receptor - expression is affected in the ileum of mice with mutation in the W locus.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Faussone-Pellegrini Maria-Simonetta, Vannucchi Maria-Giuliana
Abstract excerpt
The tachykinin substance P (SP) acts on the gut muscle coat via its preferred receptor, neurokinin 1 (NK1r). In the mouse ileum, NK1r-immunoreactivity (NK1r-IR) was detected in neurons, in the interstitial cells of Cajal at the deep muscular plexus (ICC-DMP) and the myoid cells of the villi. SP-IR was detected in neurons and varicose nerve fibers, which were especially numerous at the DMP and closely associated...
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