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NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 12, Pages 771-+Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2017.92
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Cellular mechanotransduction, the process of translating mechanical forces into biological signals, is crucial for a wide range of physiological processes. A role for ion channels in sensing mechanical forces has been proposed for decades, but their identity in mammals remained largely elusive until the discovery of Piezos. Recent research on Piezos has underscored their importance in somatosensation (touch perception, proprioception and pulmonary respiration), red blood cell volume regulation, vascular physiology and various human genetic disorders.
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