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Published in final edited form as: Physiol Rev. 2025 Jan 15;105(3):1033–1074. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00012.2024

Table 2.

TRPM4 expression in mammalian species

Organ/Tissue Species References Methods
Cardiovascular system
heart human Launay, 2002, Fonfria, 2006; Kruse, 2009; Dragun, 2019; Frede, 2020; Feng, 2021 RT-PCR, qPCR, Northern blot, WB, ICC, IHC, IF, patch clamp
rat Guinamard, 2006; Teruyama, 2011; Piao, 2015; Son, 2016; Frede, 2020
mouse Demion, 2007; Jang, 2012; Simard, 2012; Kecskés, 2015; Gueffier, 2017; Medert, 2020; Frede, 2020; Guo, 2021; Hedon, 2021; Medert, 2021; Arullampalam, 2023
dog Dienes, 2021
rabbit Hof, 2016
blood vessel human Thilo, 2011; Echeverría, 2015
rat Earley, 2004; Yang, 2006; Gerzanich, 2009; Crnich, 2010; Li, 2014; Ding, 2017; Gong, 2019; Csipo, 2022
mouse Ali, 2021; Yamasaki, 2023
Immune system
bone marrow human Fonfria, 2006 qPCR, Northern blot, IHC, IP, WB, patch clamp
spleen Launay, 2002; Fonfria, 2006
thymus Launay, 2002; Launay, 2004
blood mononuclear cell Fonfria, 2006; Serafini, 2012; Malhotra, 2013; Morita, 2020; Wang, 2020; Çakir, 2021; Ozcan, 2021
macrophage Fonfria, 2006
T cell mouse Launay, 2004; Vennekens, 2007; Weber, 2010
mast cell Vennekens, 2007
macrophage Serafini, 2012
dendritic cell Barbet, 2008
Nervous system
cerebrum human Fonfria, 2006; Schattling, 2012; Tosun, 2013; Mehta, 2015; Hristov, 2016 RT-PCR, qPCR, WB, ICC, IHC, IF, IP, in situ hybridization, FRET, patch clamp
rat Li, 2010; Teruyama, 2011; Tosun, 2013; Huang, 2015; Huang, 2016; Chen, 2019; Ma, 2023
mouse Crowder, 2007; Jang, 2012; Schattling, 2012; Riquelme, 2018; Yan, 2020; Riquelme, 2021
cerebellum mouse Kim, 2013
brainstem rat Koizumi, 2018
mouse Koizumi, 2018; Li, 2021
pituitary human Fonfria, 2006
spinal cord human Schattling, 2012
rat Woo, 2013; Turtle, 2019
mouse Schattling, 2012; Vandewauw, 2013; Bianchi, 2018; Yao, 2018; Tsymbalyuk, 2021
Urogenital system
bladder human Hristov, 2016 RT-PCR, qPCR, Northern blot, WB, ICC, IHC, IF, patch clamp
rat Smith, 2013a
mouse Yu, 2011; Kullmann, 2018
guinea pig Smith, 2013b; Maxwell, 2021
kidney human Launay, 2002; Fonfria, 2006
rat Teruyama, 2011; Dusmez, 2014; Piao, 2015
mouse Jang, 2012
placenta human Launay, 2002; Fonfria, 2006
uterus human Fonfria, 2006; De Clercq, 2015; Persoons, 2018
mouse De Clercq, 2017
prostate human Fonfria, 2006; Hristov, 2016
rat Wang, 2007
testis rat Li, 2010; Jang, 2012
Respiratory system
lung human Fonfria, 2006 RT-PCR, qPCR, IHC
rat Piao, 2015
mouse Jang, 2012
Digestive system
liver human Launay, 2002; Fonfria, 2006 RT-PCR, qPCR, Northern blot
rat Piao, 2015
stomach human Fonfria, 2006
intestine human Fonfria, 2006
Sensory system
inner ear mouse Takumida, 2009; Sukuraba, 2014 RT-PCR, qPCR, WB, IHC, IF, patch clamp
eye human Yarishkin, 2022 (trabecular meshwork cells)
mouse Choi, 2015 (optic nerve head)
tongue rat Teruyama, 2011
Others
pancreas human Launay, 2002; Fonfria, 2006; Marigo, 2009 RT-PCR, qPCR, Northern blot, WB, IP, ICC, IHC, patch clamp
rat Cheng, 2007; Marigo, 2009; Piao, 2015, Ma, 2017
mouse Marigo, 2009; Nelson, 2011; Diszházi, 2021
hamster Marigo, 2009
skin human Fonfria, 2006; Vennekens, 2007; Wang 2019; Otsuka Saito, 2023 RT-PCR, qPCR, Northern blot, WB, patch clamp
skeletal muscle human Launay, 2002
mouse Krüger, 2008
breast human Wong, 2020
stem cell human Tran, 2014
rat Nelson, 2013
adipose human Fonfria, 2006; Tran, 2014