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Vanilloid receptor-1 regulates neurogenic inflammation in colon and protects mice from colon cancer.
Cancer research - 1 Apr 2012
Vinuesa Amaya G, Sancho Rocío, García-Limones Carmen, Behrens Axel, ten Dijke Peter, Calzado Marco A, Muñoz Eduardo
Abstract excerpt
Neuroinflammation driven by the vanilloid-type ion channel receptor transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV-1) is suspected to play a role in the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease. Because inflammatory bowel disease is known to elevate the risk of colon cancer, we examined postulated roles for TRPV-1-driven neuroinflammation in promoting colitis-associated and spontaneous colon cancer...
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