Molecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill

Evidence for Mechanosensitive Channel Activity of Tentonin 3/TMEM150C

(2017) Gyu-Sang Hong et al.   NEURON

Endogenous Piezo1 Can Confound Mechanically Activated Channel Identification and Characterization

(2017) Adrienne E. Dubin et al.   NEURON

Transduction of Repetitive Mechanical Stimuli by Piezo1 and Piezo2 Ion Channels

(2017) Amanda H. Lewis et al.   Cell Reports

Regulation of Piezo2 Mechanotransduction by Static Plasma Membrane Tension in Primary Afferent Neurons

(2016) Zhanfeng Jia et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Tentonin 3/TMEM150c Confers Distinct Mechanosensitive Currents in Dorsal-Root Ganglion Neurons with Proprioceptive Function

(2016) Gyu-Sang Hong et al.   NEURON

Mechanical sensitivity and electrophysiological properties of acutely dissociated dorsal root ganglion neurons of rats

(2016) Viacheslav Viatchenko-Karpinski et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

The Role of PIEZO2 in Human Mechanosensation

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

Evolutionary Specialization of Tactile Perception in Vertebrates

(2016) Eve R. Schneider et al.   PHYSIOLOGY

Human PIEZO1 Ion Channel Functions as a Split Protein

(2016) Chilman Bae et al.   PLoS One

Piezo1 Channels Are Inherently Mechanosensitive

(2016) Ruhma Syeda et al.   Cell Reports

Acetylated tubulin is essential for touch sensation in mice

(2016) Shane J Morley et al.   eLife

Comparative analysis of Meissner's corpuscles in the fingertips of primates

(2015) Andrey Verendeev et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Somatosensory organ topography across the star of the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)

(2015) Eva K. Sawyer et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Piezo2 is the principal mechanotransduction channel for proprioception

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

Activation of TRPV1 channels inhibits mechanosensitive Piezo channel activity by depleting membrane phosphoinositides

(2015) Istvan Borbiro et al.   Science Signaling

Membrane stiffening by STOML3 facilitates mechanosensation in sensory neurons

(2015) Yanmei Qi et al.   Nature Communications

Piezo1 ion channel pore properties are dictated by C-terminal region

(2015) Bertrand Coste et al.   Nature Communications

Chemical activation of the mechanotransduction channel Piezo1

(2015) Ruhma Syeda et al.   eLife

Mechanical sensitivity of Piezo1 ion channels can be tuned by cellular membrane tension

(2015) Amanda H Lewis et al.   eLife

Activation of TRPV1 channels inhibits mechanosensitive Piezo channel activity by depleting membrane phosphoinositides

(2015) Istvan Borbiro et al.   Science Signaling

Ionic Selectivity and Permeation Properties of Human PIEZO1 Channels

(2015) Radhakrishnan Gnanasambandam et al.   PLoS One

Piezo2 expression in corneal afferent neurons

(2014) Romke Bron et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Piezo2 is the major transducer of mechanical forces for touch sensation in mice

(2014) Sanjeev S. Ranade et al.   NATURE

Transduction and encoding sensory information by skin mechanoreceptors

(2014) Jizhe Hao et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Neuronal mechanism for acute mechanosensitivity in tactile-foraging waterfowl

(2014) E. R. Schneider et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Piezo1, a mechanically activated ion channel, is required for vascular development in mice

(2014) S. S. Ranade 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 functional and anatomical dissection of somatosensory subpopulations using mouse genetics

(2014) Claire E. Le Pichon et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

A consensus approach to vertebrate de novo transcriptome assembly from RNA-seq data: assembly of the duck (Anas platyrhynchos) transcriptome

(2014) Joanna Moreton et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Human PIEZO1: Removing Inactivation

(2013) Chilman Bae et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Sensory-Labeled Line for Cold: TRPM8-Expressing Sensory Neurons Define the Cellular Basis for Cold, Cold Pain, and Cooling-Mediated Analgesia

(2013) W. M. Knowlton et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Runx1 Controls Terminal Morphology and Mechanosensitivity of VGLUT3-expressing C-Mechanoreceptors

(2013) S. Lou et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Sensory Neurons of Touch

(2013) Victoria E. Abraira et al.   NEURON

The Star-Nosed Mole Reveals Clues to the Molecular Basis of Mammalian Touch

(2013) Kristin A. Gerhold et al.   PLoS One

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

Xerocytosis is caused by mutations that alter the kinetics of the mechanosensitive channel PIEZO1

(2013) C. Bae et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gating the mechanical channel Piezo1

(2012) Philip A. Gottlieb et al.   Channels

Molecular interactions underlying the specification of sensory neurons

(2012) Francois Lallemend et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Inflammatory Signals Enhance Piezo2-Mediated Mechanosensitive Currents

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

The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons

(2011) Lishi Li et al.   CELL

The sense of touch in the star-nosed mole: from mechanoreceptors to the brain

(2011) K. C. Catania   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

TRPV1-lineage neurons are required for thermal sensation

(2010) Santosh K Mishra et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Multiple Desensitization Mechanisms of Mechanotransducer Channels Shape Firing of Mechanosensory Neurons

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

In vivo visualization and functional characterization of primary somatic neurons

(2010) Chao Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

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

(2010) B. Coste et al.   SCIENCE

The Independent Evolution of the Enlargement of the Principal Sensory Nucleus of the Trigeminal Nerve in Three Different Groups of Birds

(2009) Cristián Gutiérrez-Ibáñez et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

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

(2009) Stefan G Lechner et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Kinetic properties of mechanically activated currents in spinal sensory neurons

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

Molecular Identification of Rapidly Adapting Mechanoreceptors and Their Developmental Dependence on Ret Signaling

(2009) Wenqin Luo et al.   NEURON

The Meissner and Pacinian sensory corpuscles revisited new data from the last decade

(2008) José A. Vega et al.   MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE