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  • noun biochemistry Any of a family of plasma membrane substances involved in cellular functions such as vascular reactivity, apoptosis and cytokine secretion

Etymologies

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Blend of purinergic and receptor

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  • Vulchanova L, Wang J, Li X, Elde R (1999) Immunocytochemical localization of the vanilloid receptor 1 (VR1): relationship to neuropeptides, the P2X3 purinoceptor and IB4 binding sites.

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