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TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES
Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages 57-71Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.09.004
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- Duke University
- NIH [F31 NS093777-01, F32 NS094088]
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In 2010, two proteins, Piezo1 and Piezo2, were identified as the long-sought molecular carriers of an excitatory mechanically activated current found in many cells. This discovery has opened the floodgates for studying a vast number of mechanotransduction processes. Over the past 6 years, groundbreaking research has identified Piezos as ion channels that sense light touch, proprioception, and vascular blood flow, ruled out roles for Piezos in several other mechanotransduction processes, and revealed the basic structural and functional properties of the channel. Here, we review these findings and discuss the many aspects of Piezo function that remain mysterious, including how Piezos convert a variety of mechanical stimuli into channel activation and subsequent inactivation, and what molecules and mechanisms modulate Piezo function.
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