• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: TRPV3: a ‘more than skinny’ channel
  • Contributor: Nilius, Bernd; Bíró, Tamás
  • imprint: Wiley, 2013
  • Published in: Experimental Dermatology
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1111/exd.12163
  • ISSN: 1600-0625; 0906-6705
  • Keywords: Dermatology ; Molecular Biology ; Biochemistry
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The skin is our largest organ serving different tasks from barrier formation through somatosensing to hair development. Recently, members of the large <jats:italic>trp</jats:italic> (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">T</jats:styled-content>ransient <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">R</jats:styled-content>eceptor <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">P</jats:styled-content>otential, <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TRP</jats:styled-content>) gene family encoding proteins that form cation selective ion channel have been identified to play a crucial role in skin functions. Within the 28 different mammalian <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TRP</jats:styled-content> channels, <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TRPV</jats:styled-content>3 might be the most important member in the skin. This review gives an overview on functional properties of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TRPV</jats:styled-content>3 in skin physiology and in certain skin diseases.</jats:p>