08/28/2018 / By Michelle Simmons
Suo Quan Wan (SQW), a traditional Chinese medicine, has been prescribed for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms and has been confirmed to modulate the expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) according to bladder function recovery of overactive bladder. The study, published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, further looked at how SQW modulated TRPV1 signaling and bladder function using TRPV1 knockout (KO) mice.
In conclusion, TRPV1 plays a key role in urinary bladder mechanosensitivity, and SQW is not as beneficial in bladder function without TRPV1.
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Journal reference
Lai H, Yan QT, Cao H, Chen P, Xu Y, Jiang W, Wu Q, Huang P, Tan B. EFFECT OF SQW ON THE BLADDER FUNCTION OF MICE LACKING TRPV1. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 15 November 2016; 16(465). DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1420-6
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