Piezos thrive under pressure: mechanically activated ion channels in health and disease

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 18, 771 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.92 Authors: Swetha E. Murthy, Adrienne E. Dubin & Ardem Patapoutian 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
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