Research Article

TRPV Subfamily (TRPV2, TRPV3, TRPV4, TRPV5, and TRPV6) Gene and Protein Expression in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

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Protein expression of TRPV4 in intestinal tissue from patients with UC and controls. TRPV4 protein expression in slides with colonic tissue obtained from patients with severe ulcerative colitis and noninflamed colonic tissue. (a) Immunoperoxidase photomicrographs of ulcerative colitis (lower panel, ) and non-IBD colonic tissue (control; upper panel, ). Arrows indicate TRPV4 immunoreactive cells in the mucosa, submucosa muscular, and serosa layers. Original magnification was ×320. (b) TRPV4-producing cell percentage in noninflamed colonic tissues (control, ) and active UC patients () is shown in bars.
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