Zinc activates damage-sensing TRPA1 ion channels
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Zinc activates damage-sensing TRPA1 ion channels.
Zinc is an essential biological trace element. It is required for the structure or function of over 300 proteins, and it is increasingly recognized for its role in cell signaling. However, high concentrations of zinc have cytotoxic effects, and overexposure to zinc can cause pain and inflammation through unknown mechanisms. Here we show that zinc excites nociceptive somatosensory neurons and ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Chemical Biology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1552-4450,1552-4469
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.146