The search terms used were "Transient Receptor Potential Channels", "TRP channels", "TRPV1", "TRPA1", "TRPV4", "TRPV2", "TRPM2", "TRPM3", "TRPM7", "TRPM8", "TRPC3", "colitis", "inflammatory bowel disease", "IBD", "ulcerative colitis", "Crohn Disease". This evidence concerns the gene TRPM2 and ulcerative colitis.