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ArticleNature2018

A TRP channel trio mediates acute noxious heat sensing.

Ine Vandewauw, Katrien De Clercq, Marie Mulier, Katharina Held, Silvia Pinto, Nele Van Ranst, Andrei Segal, Thierry Voet, Rudi Vennekens, Katharina Zimmermann and 2 more

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 252 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Ine VandewauwLaboratory of Ion Channel Research and TRP Research Platform Leuven (TRPLe), Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Katrien De ClercqLaboratory of Ion Channel Research and TRP Research Platform Leuven (TRPLe), Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Marie MulierLaboratory of Ion Channel Research and TRP Research Platform Leuven (TRPLe), Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Katharina HeldLaboratory of Ion Channel Research and TRP Research Platform Leuven (TRPLe), Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Silvia PintoLaboratory of Ion Channel Research and TRP Research Platform Leuven (TRPLe), Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Nele Van RanstLaboratory of Ion Channel Research and TRP Research Platform Leuven (TRPLe), Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Andrei SegalLaboratory of Ion Channel Research and TRP Research Platform Leuven (TRPLe), Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Thierry VoetLaboratory of Reproductive Genomics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Rudi VennekensLaboratory of Ion Channel Research and TRP Research Platform Leuven (TRPLe), Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Katharina ZimmermannDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Joris VriensLaboratory of Experimental Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Development and Regeneration, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Thomas VoetsLaboratory of Ion Channel Research and TRP Research Platform Leuven (TRPLe), Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute pain represents a crucial alarm signal to protect us from injury. Whereas the nociceptive neurons that convey pain signals were described more than a century ago, the molecular sensors that detect noxious thermal or mechanical insults have yet to be fully identified. Here we show that acute noxious heat sensing in mice depends on a triad of transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels: TRPM3, TRPV1, and TRPA1. We found that robust somatosensory heat responsiveness at the cellular and behavioural levels is observed only if at least one of these TRP channels is functional. However, combined genetic or pharmacological elimination of all three channels largely and selectively prevents heat responses in both isolated sensory neurons and rapidly firing C and Aδ sensory nerve fibres that innervate the skin. Strikingly, Trpv1

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AnimalsBurnsCold TemperatureFemaleHot TemperatureMaleMiceMice, KnockoutNerve EndingsNerve FibersNociceptionNociceptive PainSensory Receptor CellsSkinThermosensingTRPA1 Cation ChannelTRPA1 Cation ChannelTrpa1 protein, mouseTRPM3 protein, mouseTRPM Cation ChannelsTRPV1 protein, mouseTRPV Cation Channels

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PMID29539642

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