Research Article

The Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 Is Associated with Active Inflammation in Ulcerative Colitis

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TRPV1 protein expression in colonic tissue from patients with severe ulcerative colitis and controls. Negative controls are also presented (−). (a) Representative immunoperoxidase photomicrographs of ulcerative colitis (lower panel, ) and non-IBD colonic tissue (control; upper panel, ). Arrows depict TRPV1immunoreactive cells in mucosa, submucosa muscular, and serosa layers. Original magnification was ×320. (b) Bars indicate percentage of TRPV1-producing cells in noninflamed colonic tissues (control, ) and active UC patients (). Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
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