Table 1.

Expression of TRPV channels in peri-vascular nerves, vascular endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells.

Channel	Cell Type	Analysis	Reference
Peri-vascular nerves
TRPV1	Mouse mesenteric arteries	IHC	(Scotland et al., 2004)
	Astrocytes surrounding brain capillaries and larger arteries	IHC	(Tóth et al., 2005)
TRPV4	Cultured rat cortical astroctyes	RT, W, IHCIP	(Benfenati et al., 2007)
	Rat mesenteric arteries	IHC	(Gao and Wang, 2010)
Smooth muscle
TRPV1	Rat intralobular artery and aorta	RTd, W	(Yang et al., 2006)
	Rat skeletal muscle arteriole	IHC	(Kark et al., 2008)
	Cultured human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells	RT, W	(Wang et al., 2008)
	Swine coronary artery	IHC	(Bratz et al., 2008)
TRPV2	Rat intralobular artery and aorta	RTd	(Yang et al., 2006)
	Rat aorta, mesenteric and cerebral arteries	RT	(Inoue et al., 2006)
	Mouse aorta, mesenteric, basilar artery	RTi, IHCIP	(Muraki et al., 2003)
	Cultured human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells	RT	(Wang et al., 2008)
TRPV3	Rat intralobular artery and aorta	RTd	(Yang et al., 2006)
	Cultured human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells	RT	(Wang et al., 2008)
TRPV4	Rat intralobular artery and aorta	RTd, Wd	(Yang et al., 2006)
	Rat aorta, mesenteric and cerebral arteries	RT	(Inoue et al., 2006)
	Cultured human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells	RT	(Wang et al., 2008)
	Mouse aorta artery	RTi	(Muraki et al., 2003)
	Rat cerebral artery	RTAS	Earley et al 2005
	Rat aortic freshly isolated and cultured myoctes	RTi, IHCi	(Tanaka et al., 2008)
	Rat middle cerebral artery	RTw, IHC	(Marrelli et al., 2007)
	Mouse aorta	IHC*	(Zhang et al., 2009)
Endothelial cells
TRPV1	Cultured cerebrovascular endothelial cells	RT, IHC	(Golech et al., 2004)
	Denervated rat mesenteric arteries	RT^	(Poblete et al., 2005)
	Swine coronary artery	IHC, RT	(Bratz et al., 2008)
	Cultured human pulmonary endothelial cell		(Fantozzi et al., 2003)
	Cultured mouse aortic endothelial cells	RT*, W*	(Yang et al., 2010)
TRPV2	Cultured human pulmonary endothelial cell	RT	(Fantozzi et al., 2003)
TRPV3	Rat cerebral arteries	RTw, IHC	(Earley et al., 2010)
TRPV4	Rat mesenteric arteries	IHC	(Gao and Wang, 2010)
	Cultured human pulmonary endothelial cell	RT	(Fantozzi et al., 2003)
	Rat carotid artery	RTi	(Kohler et al., 2006)
	Cultured human pulmonary endothelial cell	RT	(Fantozzi et al., 2003)
	Rat middle cerebral artery	RTi, IHC	(Marrelli et al., 2007)
	Mouse carotid artery	IHC*	(Hartmannsgruber et al., 2007)
	Mouse mesenteric	RTi, HC*	(Mendoza et al., 2010)
	Mouse aorta	IHC*	(Zhang et al., 2009)

RT; RT-PCR, W; western blot, IHC; immunohistochemisty,

^*knock-out control,

^ASanti-sense oligonucleotides used as control,

^IPimmunizing peptide control,

^{^}denervated arteries, +/− endothelium,

^wwhole artery,

^ddeendothelialized,

ⁱisolated cells.