Vanilloid receptor expression suggests a sensory role for urinary bladder epithelial cells

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Nov 6;98(23):13396-401. doi: 10.1073/pnas.231243698. Epub 2001 Oct 23.

Authors

L A Birder¹, A J Kanai, W C de Groat, S Kiss, M L Nealen, N E Burke, K E Dineley, S Watkins, I J Reynolds, M J Caterina

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Epithelial Cell Biology, Renal-Electrolyte Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. lbirder+@pitt.edu

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adenosine Triphosphate / pharmacology
Animals
Base Sequence
Calcimycin / pharmacology
Capsaicin / pharmacology
DNA Primers
Diterpenes / pharmacology
Epithelial Cells / drug effects
Epithelial Cells / metabolism
Epithelial Cells / physiology
Immunohistochemistry
Nitric Oxide / metabolism
Norepinephrine / pharmacology
RNA, Messenger / genetics
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, Drug / agonists
Receptors, Drug / genetics
Receptors, Drug / physiology*
Urinary Bladder / cytology
Urinary Bladder / drug effects
Urinary Bladder / metabolism
Urinary Bladder / physiology*

Substances

DNA Primers
Diterpenes
RNA, Messenger
Receptors, Drug
Nitric Oxide
Calcimycin
Adenosine Triphosphate
resiniferatoxin
Capsaicin
Norepinephrine

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