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. 2020 Apr 16;11(4):757–769. doi: 10.1111/jdi.13244

Table 1.

Involvement of transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 in a wide range of pathophysiological conditions in diabetes and diabetic complications

Disease Tissue/cell type Species Experiment Effect References
Type 2 diabetes Pancreatic ‐cells Murine In vitro/in vivo Modulation of insulin secretion; mediated ‐cell apoptosis Casas 2008 17 , Skrzypski 2013 9 , Billert 2017 41
Obesity Adipocytes Rat, murine, human In vitro/in vivo Adipogenesis and energy metabolism; adipose Ca2+ homeostasis and inflammation Ye 2012 10 , Che 2014 29 , Chen 2015 31 , Janoschek 2016 37 , Sanchez 2016 38 , Sun 2017 44
Skeletal muscle Murine In vitro/in vivo Heightened metabolic capacity Pritschow 2011 22 , Kusudo 2012 25
MSC, ASC Murine In vitro/in vivo Increased obesity susceptibility O’Conor 2013 28
Sebocyte Human In vivo Influences glucose and lipid metabolism Olah 2014 30
Blood Human Cross‐sectional studies Increased genetic susceptibility to obesity Duan 2015 32 , Tabur 2015 34
Diabetes‐related CVD MAECs, Smooth muscle cells Rat, murine In vitro/in vivo Vasodilator response Earley 2009 19 , Mendoza 2010 20 , Ma 2013 27 , Ye 2018 47
Mesenteric arteries Rat In vitro/in vivo Endothelium‐dependent relaxation Zou 2015 36 , Matsumoto 2017 43 , Bihzad 2017 40
CAECs Rat In vivo Shear stress‐induced vasodilation Kohler 2006 15
Diabetic nephropathy HCD cells Human In vivo Role in RVD Hills 2006 14 , Hills 2012 12
Collecting ducts, tubules Murine In vitro/in vivo Control of mechanosensitivity Berrout 2012 24 , Wu 2007 16
Diabetic retinopathy RMECs, RPE Rat, murine, human, bovine In vitro/vivo Water diffusion and BRB breakdown in the retina; endothelial dysfunction; role in RVD Monaghan 2015 13 , Zhao 2015 35 , Arredondo 2017 39 , Orduna 2019 49
HCECs Human In vivo Role in RVD Pan 2008 18 , Mergler 2011 21
RGCs, Müller cells Murine In vitro/in vivo Polymodal sensory transduction; modulation of calcium flux and apoptosis Ryskamp 2011 23 , Lakk 2017 42 , Lakk 2018 46
Painful diabetic neuropathy DRGs, TGs Rat, murine In vitro/in vivo Modulates mechanosensation; mechanical hyperalgesia Alessandri 2008 11 , Alexander 2013 26 , Hinata 2018 45
DRGs, sciatic nerve, hind paw plantar skin Murine In vitro/in vivo Mechanical allodynia Dias 2019 48
SGCs Murine In vitro/in vivo Nociceptors for inflammatory pain Rajasekhar 2015 33

ASC, subcutaneous adipose‐derived stem cells; BRB, blood–retina barrier; CAECs, carotid artery endothelial cells; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DRGs, dorsal root ganglia; HCD, human collecting duct; HCECs, human corneal endothelial cells; MAECs, mesenteric artery endothelial cells; MSC, bone marrow derived stem cells; RGCs, Retinal ganglion cells; RMECs, retinal microvascular endothelial cells; RPE, retinal pigment epithelium; RVD, regulatory volume decrease; SGCs, satellite glial cells; TGs, trigeminal ganglia.