Constanza Alcaino

A population of gut epithelial enterochromaffin cells is mechanosensitive and requires Piezo2 to convert force into serotonin release

Constanza Alcaino, Kaitlyn R. Knutson, Anthony J. Treichel et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 268 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Physiology +13

Mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2 is important for enterochromaffin cell response to mechanical forces

Fan Wang, Kaitlyn R. Knutson, Constanza Alcaino et al. · The Journal of Physiology · 2016 · 183 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Cell Biology, Physiology +17

Specialized Mechanosensory Epithelial Cells in Mouse Gut Intrinsic Tactile Sensitivity

Anthony J. Treichel, Isabelle W. Finholm, Kaitlyn R. Knutson et al. · Gastroenterology · 2021 · 83 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Physiology +14

Mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2 is inhibited by D-GsMTx4

Constanza Alcaino, Kaitlyn R. Knutson, Philip A. Gottlieb et al. · Channels · 2017 · 78 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Pharmacology, Physiology +17

The additional <scp>ACh</scp> binding site at the α4(+)/α4(−) interface of the (α4β2)₂α4 nicotinic <scp>ACh</scp> receptor contributes to desensitization

Naïl Benallegue, Simone Mazzaferro, Constanza Alcaino et al. · British Journal of Pharmacology · 2013 · 44 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurobiology, Pharmacology +17