Direct Activation of Capsaicin Receptors by Products of Lipoxygenases: Endogenous Capsaicin-Like Substances

Capsaicin, a pungent ingredient of hot peppers, causes excitation of small sensory neurons, and thereby produces severe pain. A nonselective cation channel activated by capsaicin has been identified in sensory neurons and a cDNA encoding the channel has been cloned recently. However, an endogenous a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2000-05, Vol.97 (11), p.6155-6160
Hauptverfasser: Hwang, Sun Wook, Cho, Hawon, Kwak, Jiyeon, Lee, Soon-Youl, Kang, Chang-Joong, Jung, Jooyoung, Cho, Soohyun, Min, Kyung Hoon, Suh, Young-Ger, Kim, Donghee, Oh, Uhtaek
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