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Molecular Sensors of Temperature, Pressure, and Pain with Special Focus on TRPV1, TRPM8, and PIEZO2 Ion Channels

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We thank Ying Yin from Seok-Yong Lee’s lab for help with the preparation of Fig. 2.

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  1. Department of Anesthesissology, Center for Translation Pain Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Ru-Rong Ji

  2. Departments of Neurobiology and Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Ru-Rong Ji

  3. Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Seok-Yong Lee

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Ji, RR., Lee, SY. Molecular Sensors of Temperature, Pressure, and Pain with Special Focus on TRPV1, TRPM8, and PIEZO2 Ion Channels. Neurosci. Bull. 37, 1745–1749 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-021-00798-2

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