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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2006, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (2): 126-130.

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Advancement of vanilloid receptor 1

CHEN Min, ZHANG Lu-yong, YAN Ming   

  1. Jangsu Center for Drug Screening , China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210038 , Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2005-10-17 Revised:2005-12-09 Online:2006-02-06 Published:2020-10-26

Abstract: Vanilloid receptor subtype 1 ( VR1) is a central molecule of injury sense.VR1 plays an important role in pain generation at central nerve system level, or at peripheral level ;further more, VR1 involves in many physiological actions and pathological processes .The acti- vated VR1 at the terminus of nerve can regulate blood pressure by affecting peripheral blood vessel contraction or relaxation .Activated VR1 can protect myocardium from ischemic injury .VR1 is also involved in asthma, gastric secretion, and gastrointestinal motility .Besides, VR1 ac- tivation can inhibit hair shaft growth, and induce tumor cells apoptosis .The concise report reviewed the advance- ment of VR1 research in recent years .

Key words: vanilloid receptor 1 , pain , blood pres- sure , asthma , apoptosis

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