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Homozygous TRPV1 315C influences the susceptibility to functional dyspepsia.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2010
Tahara Tomomitsu, Shibata Tomoyuki, Nakamura Masakatsu, Yamashita Hiromi, Yoshioka Daisuke, Hirata Ichiro, Arisawa Tomiyasu
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OBJECTIVES: Capsaicin/vanilloid (transient receptor potential vanilloid 1, (TRPV1) receptor has been shown to be expressed in gastrointestinal tract and play a role as a member of sensory ion channel superfamily. The G315C polymorphism affects the TRPV1 gene and alters its protein level. We aimed...
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