TRPM8.
Laboratory of Physiology, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg O and N, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Thomas.voets@med.kuleuven.be
Originally cloned as a prostate-specific protein, TRPM8 is now best known as a cold- and menthol-activated channel implicated in thermosensation. In this chapter we provide a brief review of current knowledge concerning the biophysical properties, gating mechanisms, pharmacology and (patho)physiology of this TRP channel.
PMID: 17217067 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]