TRP (transient receptor potential) ion channel family: Structures, biological functions and therapeutic interventions for diseases

M Zhang, Y Ma, X Ye, N Zhang, L Pan… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are sensors for a variety of cellular and
environmental signals. Mammals express a total of 28 different TRP channel proteins, which …

How plants sense and respond to stressful environments

J Lamers, T Van Der Meer, C Testerink - Plant Physiology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Plants are exposed to an ever-changing environment to which they have to adjust
accordingly. Their response is tightly regulated by complex signaling pathways that all start …

Heat-dependent opening of TRPV1 in the presence of capsaicin

DH Kwon, F Zhang, Y Suo, J Bouvette… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
Transient receptor potential vanilloid member 1 (TRPV1) is a Ca2+-permeable cation
channel that serves as the primary heat and capsaicin sensor in humans. Using cryo-EM, we …

[HTML][HTML] TRP channels in thermosensation

M Kashio, M Tominaga - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability to sense external temperature is assumed by somatosensory neurons, in which
temperature information is converted to neural activity by afferent input to the central nervous …

[HTML][HTML] Mammalian transient receptor potential TRPA1 channels: from structure to disease

K Talavera, JB Startek, J Alvarez-Collazo… - Physiological …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
The transient receptor potential ankyrin (TRPA) channels are Ca 2+-permeable nonselective
cation channels remarkably conserved through the animal kingdom. Mammals have only …

Structural mechanism of heat-induced opening of a temperature-sensitive TRP channel

KD Nadezhdin, A Neuberger, YA Trofimov… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
Numerous physiological functions rely on distinguishing temperature through temperature-
sensitive transient receptor potential channels (thermo-TRPs). Although the function of …

Vagal afferent innervation of the airways in health and disease

SB Mazzone, BJ Undem - Physiological reviews, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Vagal sensory neurons constitute the major afferent supply to the airways and lungs.
Subsets of afferents are defined by their embryological origin, molecular profile …

[HTML][HTML] Smooth muscle ion channels and regulation of vascular tone in resistance arteries and arterioles

NR Tykocki, EM Boerman… - Comprehensive Physiology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vascular tone of resistance arteries and arterioles determines peripheral vascular
resistance, contributing to the regulation of blood pressure and blood flow to, and within the …

Temperature sensing in plants

SM Kerbler, PA Wigge - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Temperature is a key environmental cue that influences the distribution and behavior of
plants globally. Understanding how plants sense temperature and integrate this information …

Structure of the cold-and menthol-sensing ion channel TRPM8

Y Yin, M Wu, L Zubcevic, WF Borschel, GC Lander… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Transient receptor potential melastatin (TRPM) cation channels are polymodal sensors that
are involved in a variety of physiological processes. Within the TRPM family, member 8 …