Piezo Channel Function

Piezo Channel Function is a molecular physiology construct that specifies the mechanosensitive ion channel activity of Piezo proteins, characterized by their ability to transduce mechanical forces into electrochemical signals through force-gated ion conduction across cellular membranes.

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2017–2026

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Mechanosensory Neurobiology

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Piezo1 and Piezo2 Are Essential Components of Distinct Mechanically Activated Cation Channels

Bertrand Coste, Jayanti Mathur, Manuela Schmidt et al. · Science · 2010 · 3.2K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience +17

Piezo proteins are pore-forming subunits of mechanically activated channels

Bertrand Coste, Bailong Xiao, Jose S. Santos et al. · Nature · 2012 · 1.2K citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics +11

Chemical activation of the mechanotransduction channel Piezo1

Ruhma Syeda, Jie Xu, Adrienne E. Dubin et al. · eLife · 2015 · 743 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Cell Biology +17

Piezo1 links mechanical forces to red blood cell volume

Stuart M. Cahalan, Viktor Lukacs, Sanjeev S. Ranade et al. · eLife · 2015 · 634 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Physiology +17

Endothelial cation channel PIEZO1 controls blood pressure by mediating flow-induced ATP release

Shengpeng Wang, Ramesh Chennupati, Harmandeep Kaur et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2016 · 602 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Physiology +17

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Ardem Patapoutian
Scripps Research Institute, United States
17 publications · 8.2K citations
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Bailong Xiao
Tsinghua University, China
14 publications · 3.8K citations
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David J. Beech
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
12 publications · 1.3K citations
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Adrienne E. Dubin
Scripps Research Institute, United States
11 publications · 6.6K citations
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Bertrand Coste
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
9 publications · 6.2K citations
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Nature Communications
20 publications · 3.3K citations
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PNAS · 13 publications · 2.1K citations
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences
IJMS · 12 publications · 358 citations
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Neuron
9 publications · 1.2K citations
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Scientific Reports
9 publications · 585 citations
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