Sensory mechanotransduction at membrane-matrix interfaces

Merkel Cells Transduce and Encode Tactile Stimuli to Drive Aβ-Afferent Impulses

(2014) Ryo Ikeda et al.   CELL

Epidermal Merkel cells are mechanosensory cells that tune mammalian touch receptors

(2014) Srdjan Maksimovic et al.   NATURE

Piezo2 is required for Merkel-cell mechanotransduction

(2014) Seung-Hyun Woo et al.   NATURE

Mechanosensitivity is mediated directly by the lipid membrane in TRAAK and TREK1 K+channels

(2014) Stephen G. Brohawn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tuning Piezo ion channels to detect molecular-scale movements relevant for fine touch

(2014) Kate Poole et al.   Nature Communications

The Purified Mechanosensitive Channel TREK-1 Is Directly Sensitive to Membrane Tension

(2013) Catherine Berrier et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Glutamatergic modulation of synaptic-like vesicle recycling in mechanosensory lanceolate nerve terminals of mammalian hair follicles

(2013) Robert W. Banks et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Stomatin-domain protein interactions with acid-sensing ion channels modulate nociceptor mechanosensitivity

(2013) Rabih A. Moshourab et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Direct recording and molecular identification of the calcium channel of primary cilia

(2013) Paul G. DeCaen et al.   NATURE

Hairy Sensation

(2013) Stefan G. Lechner et al.   PHYSIOLOGY

Functional Diversity of Laminins

(2012) Anna Domogatskaya et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Piezo1

(2012) Philip A. Gottlieb et al.   Channels

Gating the mechanical channel Piezo1

(2012) Philip A. Gottlieb et al.   Channels

A stomatin dimer modulates the activity of acid-sensing ion channels

(2012) Janko Brand et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Piezo proteins are pore-forming subunits of mechanically activated channels

(2012) Bertrand Coste et al.   NATURE

The Transcription Factor c-Maf Controls Touch Receptor Development and Function

(2012) H. Wende et al.   SCIENCE

Regulation of ASIC channels by a stomatin/STOML3 complex located in a mobile vesicle pool in sensory neurons

(2012) L. Lapatsina et al.   Open Biology

A Genetic Basis for Mechanosensory Traits in Humans

(2012) Henning Frenzel et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons

(2011) Lishi Li et al.   CELL

Stomatin-domain proteins

(2011) Liudmilla Lapatsina et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The DEG/ENaC Protein MEC-10 Regulates the Transduction Channel Complex in Caenorhabditis elegans Touch Receptor Neurons

(2011) J. Arnadottir et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Cav3.2 T-type calcium channel regulates temporal coding in mouse mechanoreceptors

(2011) Rui Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Laminin-332 coordinates mechanotransduction and growth cone bifurcation in sensory neurons

(2011) Li-Yang Chiang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

KCNQ4 K+ channels tune mechanoreceptors for normal touch sensation in mouse and man

(2011) Matthias Heidenreich et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Molecular mechanisms of mechanotransduction in mammalian sensory neurons

(2011) Patrick Delmas et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

A Novel Disulfide Pattern in Laminin-Type Epidermal Growth Factor-like (LE) Modules of Laminin β1 and γ1 Chains

(2010) Stefan Kalkhof et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Evidence for a protein tether involved in somatic touch

(2010) Jing Hu et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Multiple Desensitization Mechanisms of Mechanotransducer Channels Shape Firing of Mechanosensory Neurons

(2010) J. Hao et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

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

(2010) B. Coste et al.   SCIENCE

Biophysics and Structure of the Patch and the Gigaseal

(2009) Thomas M. Suchyna et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanotransduction by Hair Cells: Models, Molecules, and Mechanisms

(2009) Peter G. Gillespie et al.   CELL

Ciliary Polycystin-2 Is a Mechanosensitive Calcium Channel Involved in Nitric Oxide Signaling Cascades

(2009) Wissam A. AbouAlaiwi et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Developmental waves of mechanosensitivity acquisition in sensory neuron subtypes during embryonic development

(2009) Stefan G Lechner et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The mechano-activated K+ channels TRAAK and TREK-1 control both warm and cold perception

(2009) Jacques Noël et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Peripheral sensitisation of nociceptors via G-proteindependent potentiation of mechanotransduction currents

(2009) Stefan G. Lechner et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Kinetic properties of mechanically activated currents in spinal sensory neurons

(2009) François Rugiero et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Localization of inner hair cell mechanotransducer channels using high-speed calcium imaging

(2009) Maryline Beurg et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

MEC-2 and MEC-6 in theCaenorhabditis elegansSensory Mechanotransduction Complex: Auxiliary Subunits that Enable Channel Activity

(2008) Austin L. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY