Co-administration of transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) and TRPV1 antagonists potentiate the effect of each drug in a rat model of cystitis.
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Abstract
To investigate transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) expression in bladder
afferents and study the effect of TRPV4 and TRPV1 antagonists, alone and in combination,
in bladder hyperactivity and pain induced by cystitis.
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Department of Renal, Urologic and Infectious Disease, Porto, Portugal; Department
of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal;
IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular da Universidade do Porto, Porto,
Portugal.