Merkel Cells Transduce and Encode Tactile Stimuli to Drive Aβ-Afferent Impulses

Ryo Ikeda, Myeounghoon Cha, Jennifer Ling, +3

Cell

Neurobiological MechanismSensory NeuroscienceSynaptic SignalingNeurophysiologySynaptic Transmission +10

Mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo1 promotes prostate cancer development through the activation of the Akt/mTOR pathway and acceleration of cell cycle

Han Yu, Chao Liu, Dongfang Zhang, +8

International Journal of Oncology

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Inhibition of transmembrane member 16A calcium‐activated chloride channels by natural flavonoids contributes to flavonoid anticancer effects

Xuan Zhang, Honglin Li, Huiran Zhang, +6

British Journal of Pharmacology

KCNQ Channels in Nociceptive Cold-Sensing Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons as Therapeutic Targets for Treating Orofacial Cold Hyperalgesia

Alaa Abd‐Elsayed, Ryo Ikeda, Zhanfeng Jia, +3

Molecular Pain

Properties of Neurons Derived from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells of Gaucher Disease Type 2 Patient Fibroblasts: Potential Role in Neuropathology

Ying Sun, Jane Florer, Christopher N. Mayhew, +9

PLoS ONE

Glial BiologyPatient FibroblastsPeripheral NervesCellular PhysiologySocial Sciences +21

Regulation of Piezo2 Mechanotransduction by Static Plasma Membrane Tension in Primary Afferent Neurons

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Journal of Biological Chemistry

NGF Inhibits M/KCNQ Currents and Selectively Alters Neuronal Excitability in Subsets of Sympathetic Neurons Depending on their M/KCNQ Current Background

Zhanfeng Jia, Junjie Bei, Lise Rodat‐Despoix, +4

The Journal of General Physiology

M/kcnq CurrentsSynaptic TransmissionNeurotransmissionPeripheral Nervous SystemSocial Sciences +14

Multiple target of hAmylin on rat primary hippocampal neurons

Nan Zhang, Shengchang Yang, Chang Wang, +8

Neuropharmacology

Multiple TargetMedicineNeuropeptide ReceptorNeuropharmacologyNeuroscience +4

Activation of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibits KCNQ2/3 Current through Two Distinct Pathways: Membrane PtdIns(4,5)P₂Hydrolysis and Channel Phosphorylation

Qingzhong Jia, Zhanfeng Jia, Zhiying Zhao, +3

Journal of Neuroscience

M/kcnq CurrentsChannel PhosphorylationSynaptic TransmissionNeurotransmitterNeurotransmission +23

GTP-dependent run-up of Piezo2-type mechanically activated currents in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

Zhanfeng Jia, Ryo Ikeda, Jennifer Ling, +1

Molecular Brain