Table 2 Molecular sensors of mechanical pain for which no positive evidence was found that they also transmit thermal nociception, or for which negative evidence has been found with respect to an involvement in thermal nociception.

From: Machine learning analysis predicts a person’s sex based on mechanical but not thermal pain thresholds

Gene symbol

Gene name

NCBI number

Gene name via NCBI

UNIPROT Id

Reference

ASIC1

Acid sensing ion channel subunit 1

41

ASIC1

A8K1U5

48

ASIC2

Acid sensing ion channel subunit 2

40

ASIC2

Q16515

48

ASIC3

Acid sensing ion channel subunit 3

9311

ASIC3

A0A090N7X8

48

CACNA1C

Calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 C

775

CACNA1C

Q13936

49

FXYD2

FXYD domain containing ion transport regulator 2

486

FXYD2

P54710

50

GRIN1

Glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 1

2902

GRIN1

Q05586

51

HCN2

Hyperpolarization activated cyclic nucleotide gated potassium and sodium channel 2

610

HCN2

Q9UL51

52

KCNJ8

Potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 8

3764

KCNJ8

A0A024RAV6

53

P2RY6

Pyrimidinergic receptor P2RY6

5031

P2RY6

A0A024R5I9

54

PIEZO1

Piezo type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1

9780

PIEZO1

Q92508

55

PIEZO2

Piezo type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2

63,895

PIEZO2

Q9H5I5

55

SCNN1A

Sodium channel epithelial 1 subunit alpha

6337

SCNN1A

P37088

56

SLO1

Potassium calcium-activated channel subfamily M alpha 1

3778

KCNMA1

Q12791

57

  1. The gene symbols used in the original publication are given along with the actual symbols retrieved via the NCBI number using the R library "org.Hs.eg.db" https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/data/annotation/html/org.Hs.eg.db.html47).