Piezo1 channels are mechanosensors in human fetoplacental endothelial cells

Abstract

LCM was funded by a Clinical Research Training Fellowship from the Medical Research Council and by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and has received support from a Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund. JS was supported by the Wellcome Trust and a BHF Intermediate Research Fellowship. HJG, CW, AJH and PJW were supported by PhD Studentships from BHF, BBSRC and the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Charitable Foundation respectively. All authors declare no conflict of interest.