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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

TRPM2 is a direct pain transducer.

Linda Varghese, Mujahid Alizada, Jinquan Yang, Ye Feng, Xiaoqiu Yuan, Mitali Malhotra, Xuming Zhang

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Linda Varghese *School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0008-5738-1883
Mujahid Alizada *School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6813-3462
Jinquan Yang *School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Ye FengSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9752-6783
Xiaoqiu YuanSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7497-6784
Mitali MalhotraSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Xuming ZhangSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5331-8675

Funding

BBSRC BB/T01668X/2UK Medical research council MR/V04077/2Versus arthritis UK 21971
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain results from maladaptive interaction between the immune and nervous systems. TRPM2 channels in immune cells (immune TRPM2) are believed to facilitate chronic pain by indirectly promoting immune-inflammatory responses, whereas TRPM2 in sensory neurons (neuronal TRPM2) acts as a warmth sensor critical to sense innocuous warm temperatures. However, neuronal TRPM2 mediates the warmth sensitivity of less than 3.5% of sensory neurons. The functions of the vast majority of TRPM2

Indexed as

Chronic PainNeuralgiaTRPM Cation ChannelsAnimalsDinoprostoneImmunoglobulin GMiceMice, KnockoutReceptors, IgGSensory Receptor CellsSignal TransductionDinoprostoneImmunoglobulin GReceptors, IgGTRPM2 protein, mouseTRPM Cation ChannelsautoantibodyDRGpainPGE2TRP channels

Identifiers

PMID42748138
PMCPMC13598259

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