Recessive PIEZO2 stop mutation causes distal arthrogryposis with distal muscle weakness, scoliosis and proprioception defects

The Role of PIEZO2 in Human Mechanosensation

(2016) Alexander T. Chesler et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

A family of distal arthrogryposis type 5 due to a novelPIEZO2mutation

(2015) Mariko Okubo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A

Architecture of the mammalian mechanosensitive Piezo1 channel

(2015) Jingpeng Ge et al.   NATURE

Piezo2 is the principal mechanotransduction channel for proprioception

(2015) Seung-Hyun Woo et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Mechanically Activated Ion Channels

(2015) Sanjeev S. Ranade et al.   NEURON

Piezo1 in Smooth Muscle Cells Is Involved in Hypertension-Dependent Arterial Remodeling

(2015) Kevin Retailleau et al.   Cell Reports

Piezo1 links mechanical forces to red blood cell volume

(2015) Stuart M Cahalan et al.   eLife

Mutations in PIEZO2 Cause Gordon Syndrome, Marden-Walker Syndrome, and Distal Arthrogryposis Type 5

(2014) Margaret J. McMillin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Arthrogryposis (multiple congenital contractures): Diagnostic approach to etiology, classification, genetics, and general principles

(2014) Judith G. Hall   European Journal of Medical Genetics

Gain-of-function mutations in the mechanically activated ion channel PIEZO2 cause a subtype of Distal Arthrogryposis

(2013) B. Coste et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Piezo proteins are pore-forming subunits of mechanically activated channels

(2012) Bertrand Coste et al.   NATURE

Inflammatory Signals Enhance Piezo2-Mediated Mechanosensitive Currents

(2012) Adrienne E. Dubin et al.   Cell Reports

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

(2010) B. Coste et al.   SCIENCE