# Nav1.8 expressing cell line

**URL:** <https://forum.painresearcher.net/t/nav1-8-expressing-cell-line/1001>\
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**Created:** [July 6, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.painresearcher.net/t/nav1-8-expressing-cell-line/1001 "2022-07-06T17:33:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![mamocol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@mamocol](https://forum.painresearcher.net/u/mamocol)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.painresearcher.net/t/nav1-8-expressing-cell-line/1001/1 "2022-07-06T17:33:56Z")

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Hi everyone,

Does anyone know of a human cell-line that highly expresses Nav1.8? Our current only (very expensive) option is human DRG, as all cell lines we tested have very low expression levels.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![thicunha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.painresearcher.net/thicunha/32/386_2.png) [@thicunha](https://forum.painresearcher.net/u/thicunha)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.painresearcher.net/t/nav1-8-expressing-cell-line/1001/2 "2022-07-12T18:45:31Z")

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Did you try transfection?? We have done it before and it worked using ND7.

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**Author:** ![achamess](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.painresearcher.net/achamess/32/534_2.png) [@achamess](https://forum.painresearcher.net/u/achamess)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.painresearcher.net/t/nav1-8-expressing-cell-line/1001/3 "2022-12-04T14:24:01Z")

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Did you ever find a solution? You might consider iPSC nociceptors. Check out [https://www.anatomic.tech/](https://www.anatomic.tech/)