Maki Kimura

Odontoblasts as sensory receptors: transient receptor potential channels, pannexin-1, and ionotropic ATP receptors mediate intercellular odontoblast-neuron signal transduction

Yoshiyuki Shibukawa, Masaki Sato, Maki Kimura et al. · Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology · 2014 · 117 citations

Neurophysiology, Medicine, Synaptic Transmission +10

Mechanical Stimulation-Induced Calcium Signaling by Piezo1 Channel Activation in Human Odontoblast Reduces Dentin Mineralization

Mayumi Matsunaga, Maki Kimura, Takehito Ouchi et al. · Frontiers in Physiology · 2021 · 45 citations · Full text

Activation of Mechanosensitive Transient Receptor Potential/Piezo Channels in Odontoblasts Generates Action Potentials in Cocultured Isolectin B 4 –negative Medium-sized Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons

Masaki Sato, Kazuhiro Ogura, Maki Kimura et al. · Journal of Endodontics · 2018 · 44 citations

Sensory Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, Synaptic Transmission +13

Intercellular Odontoblast Communication via ATP Mediated by Pannexin-1 Channel and Phospholipase C-coupled Receptor Activation

Masaki Sato, Tadashi Furuya, Maki Kimura et al. · Frontiers in Physiology · 2015 · 37 citations · Full text

Piezo1-pannexin-1-P2X3 axis in odontoblasts and neurons mediates sensory transduction in dentinal sensitivity

Sadao Ohyama, Takehito Ouchi, Maki Kimura et al. · Frontiers in Physiology · 2022 · 33 citations · Full text