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ArticleeLife2021

Dysfunctional TRPM8 signalling in the vascular response to environmental cold in ageing.

Dibesh Thapa, Joäo de Sousa Valente, Brentton Barrett, Matthew John Smith, Fulye Argunhan, Sheng Y Lee, Sofya Nikitochkina, Xenia Kodji, Susan D Brain

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Influence of Cold-TRP Receptors on Cold-Influenced Behaviour.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dibesh ThapaSection of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7435-5483
Joäo de Sousa Valente *Section of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Brentton Barrett *Section of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Matthew John Smith *Section of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Fulye ArgunhanSection of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Sheng Y LeeSection of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Sofya NikitochkinaSection of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Xenia KodjiSection of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Susan D BrainSection of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9684-8342
King's College London · GBAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SG

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P005616/1British Heart Foundation FS/19/42/34527British Heart Foundation FS/19/42/34537British Heart Foundation PG/12/34/29557British Heart Foundation PG/19/14/34268Versus Arthritis ARUK21524
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ageing is associated with increased vulnerability to environmental cold exposure. Previously, we identified the role of the cold-sensitive transient receptor potential (TRP) A1, M8 receptors as vascular cold sensors in mouse skin. We hypothesised that this dynamic cold-sensor system may become dysfunctional in ageing. We show that behavioural and vascular responses to skin local environmental cooling are impaired with even moderate ageing, with reduced TRPM8 gene/protein expression especially. Pharmacological blockade of the residual TRPA1/TRPM8 component substantially diminished the response in aged, compared with young mice. This implies the reliance of the already reduced cold-induced vascular response in ageing mice on remaining TRP receptor activity. Moreover, sympathetic-induced vasoconstriction was reduced with downregulation of the α

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Cold TemperatureAgingAnimalsBlood CirculationFemaleMiceNociceptionSignal TransductionSkinTRPA1 Cation ChannelTRPM Cation ChannelsTRPA1 Cation ChannelTRPM8 protein, mouseTRPM Cation Channelsageingbiochemistrychemical biologycold responsemousethermoregulationTRPA1TRPM8vascular response

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PMID34726597
PMCPMC8592571
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