image: Activating the TRPV1 channel (red) with the inflammatory molecule capsaicin prevented the internalization of the mu opioid receptor (green) in human kidney cells treated with DAMGO, a synthetic opioid. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 2, 2019, issue of Science Signaling published by AAAS. The paper, by L. Basso at Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute in Calgary, AB, Canada; and colleagues was titled, "TRPV1 promotes opioid analgesia during inflammation." view more
Credit: L. Basso <i>et al., Science Signaling </i>(2019)