Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41411420›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

A cellular basis for heightened gut sensitivity in females.

Archana Venkataraman, Eric E Figueroa, Joel Castro, Fernanda Castro Navarro, Deepanshu Soota, Stuart M Brierley, David Julius, Holly A Ingraham

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Irritable bowel syndrome.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Archana Venkataraman *Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2991-7395
Eric E Figueroa *Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8562-6552
Joel CastroHopwood Centre for Neurobiology, Lifelong Health, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5781-2224
Fernanda Castro NavarroDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-3390-1611
Deepanshu SootaDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-1776-2076
Stuart M BrierleyHopwood Centre for Neurobiology, Lifelong Health, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2527-2905
David JuliusDepartment of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6365-4867
Holly A IngrahamDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6739-2967

Funding

UCSF IRACDA Scholars ProgramK12GM081266 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Raymond M. Esquerra, HOLLY A. INGRAHAM · 2007 to 2026
$19.4M
DIABETES, ENDOCRINOLOGY &METABOLISM TRAINING PROGRAMT32DK007418 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI EDWARD C HSIAO · 1986 to 2026
$14.3M
Natural products as probes of the pain pathwayR35NS105038 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JULIUS, DAVID · 2018 to 2025
$9.0M
Understanding Mechanisms and Sex-Differences in Visceral PainR01DK135714 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HOLLY A. INGRAHAM, David Julius · 2023 to 2026
$3.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK135714NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007418NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM081266NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS105038
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visceral pain disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome, exhibit a marked female prevalence. Enhanced signaling between enterochromaffin (EC) cells in the gut epithelium and mucosal sensory nerve fibers likely contributes to this sex bias. We identified an estrogen-responsive paracrine pathway in which two enteroendocrine cell types, peptide YY (PYY)-expressing L cells and serotonergic EC cells, communicate to increase gut sensitivity in females. We demonstrate that estrogen signaling up-regulates the bacterial metabolite short-chain fatty acid receptor

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ColonEnterochromaffin CellsEstrogensIrritable Bowel SyndromePeptide YYVisceral PainAnimalsFemaleHumansIntestinal MucosaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve FibersParacrine CommunicationReceptors, Neuropeptide YSerotoninEstrogensneuropeptide Y-Y1 receptorPeptide YYReceptors, Neuropeptide YSerotonin

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PMID41411420
PMCPMC12994136

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