A journey from structure to function of bacterial lipopolysaccharides

F Di Lorenzo, KA Duda, R Lanzetta, A Silipo… - Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a crucial constituent of the outer membrane of most Gram-
negative bacteria, playing a fundamental role in the protection of bacteria from …

[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 …

Sensory neurons, neuroimmunity, and pain modulation by sex hormones

ME Lenert, A Avona, KM Garner, LR Barron… - …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
The inclusion of women in preclinical pain studies has become more commonplace in the
last decade as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released its “Sex as a Biological …

[HTML][HTML] TRPA1 expression and pathophysiology in immune cells

R Naert, A López-Requena, K Talavera - International Journal of …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The non-selective cation channel TRPA1 is best known as a broadly-tuned sensor
expressed in nociceptive neurons, where it plays key functions in chemo-, thermo-, and …

Liquiritin, a novel inhibitor of TRPV1 and TRPA1, protects against LPS-induced acute lung injury

Z Liu, P Wang, S Lu, R Guo, W Gao, H Tong, Y Yin… - Cell calcium, 2020‏ - Elsevier
TRPV1 and TRPA1 are cation channels that play key roles in inflammatory signaling
pathways. They are co-expressed on airway C-fibers, where they exert synergistic effects on …

[HTML][HTML] The role of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in the transduction of dental pain

MZ Hossain, MM Bakri, F Yahya, H Ando… - International journal of …, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Dental pain is a common health problem that negatively impacts the activities of daily living.
Dentine hypersensitivity and pulpitis-associated pain are among the most common types of …

[HTML][HTML] TRPV protein family—from mechanosensing to cancer invasion

T Kärki, S Tojkander - Biomolecules, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Biophysical cues from the cellular microenvironment are detected by mechanosensitive
machineries that translate physical signals into biochemical signaling cascades. At the …

TRP channels in health and disease at a glance

L Yue, H Xu - Journal of Cell Science, 2021‏ - journals.biologists.com
The transient receptor potential (TRP) channel superfamily consists of a large group of non-
selective cation channels that serve as cellular sensors for a wide spectrum of physical and …

Adipose-derived exosomes protect the pulmonary endothelial barrier in ventilator-induced lung injury by inhibiting the TRPV4/Ca2+ signaling pathway

Q Yu, D Wang, X Wen, X Tang, D Qi… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2020‏ - journals.physiology.org
Mechanical ventilation (MV) is the main supportive treatment of acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS), but it may lead to ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). Large …

TRP channels as sensors of chemically-induced changes in cell membrane mechanical properties

JB Startek, B Boonen, K Talavera… - International journal of …, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Transient Receptor Potential ion channels (TRPs) have been described as polymodal
sensors, being responsible for transducing a wide variety of stimuli, and being involved in …