TRP channels as cellular sensors.
review · Level V
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Abstract
TRP channels are the vanguard of our sensory systems, responding to temperature, touch, pain, osmolarity, pheromones, taste and other stimuli. But their role is much broader than classical sensory transduction. They are an ancient sensory apparatus for the cell, not just the multicellular organism, and they have been adapted to respond to all manner of stimuli, from both within and outside the cell.
Medical subject headings
- Calcium Channels
- Cells
- Models, Biological
- Signal Transduction