Table 5.

Pattern of expression of transient receptor potential ankyrin and polycystic channels in vascular endothelial cells as detected by reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemistry, and Western blotting

	TRPA1	TRPP1	TRPP2
PCa/PNa and conductance (pS)[202]	0.8-1.4, NM	1-5, 40-177	4, 137
Human renal artery ECs[332]			+(RT-PCR, WB, IC)
Human umbilical vein ECs[332]			+(RT-PCR, WB)
Mouse aortic ECs[332,333]		+(RT-PCR, WB, IC)	+(RT-PCR, WB)
Mouse femoral artery ECs[332]			+(RT-PCR, WB)
Rat cerebral arteries[287,304,311]	+(RT-PCR, IC)		+(RT-PCR)

RT-PCR: Reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction; WB: Western blotting; IC: Immunostaining for cultured cells; NM: Not measured; ECs: Endothelial cells.