Spider toxins activate the capsaicin receptor to produce inflammatory pain

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7116, 2006, Pages 208-212

  Siemens, Jan ^a   Zhou, Sharleen ^b   Piskorowski, Rebecca ^c,d   Nikai, Tetsuro ^c   Lumpkin, Ellen A ^c,e   Basbaum, Allan I ^c   King, David ^b   Julius, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CAPSAICIN RECEPTOR; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; INHIBITOR CYSTEINE KNOT (ICK); SPIDER TOXINS;

DISEASES;

SPIDER VENOM; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

DEFENSE MECHANISM; PEPTIDE; SPIDER; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; SCORPIONES; SERPENTES; TARANTULA;

EID: 33750873334     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05285     Document Type: Article

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