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Mechanosensitive channels in lung disease
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Mechanosensitive channels (MS channels) are membrane proteins capable of responding to mechanical stress over a wide dynamic range of external mechanical stimuli.
Mengning Zheng +11 more
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SnapShot: Mechanosensing Matrix
Cell, 2016 Cells sense and respond to properties of their microenvironment that can affect cell morphology, protein levels and localization, gene expression, and even nuclear integrity. Tissue micro-stiffness, largely influenced by extracellular matrix, varies dramatically within an organism and can be a useful parameter to both clarify and organize a wide range ...
Jerome, Irianto +3 more
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Obesity Science & Practice, 2020 Summary Objective Increased foot‐ground contact loading engenders adaptive glabrous skin thickening and can decrease mechanoreceptor acuity and alter plantar cutaneous sensation.
Toyin Ajisafe +3 more
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TRPV4—A Missing Link Between Mechanosensation and Immunity
Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 Transient receptor potential vanilloid-type 4 (TRPV4) cation channel is widely expressed in all tissues as well as in immune cells and its function as mechanosensitive Ca2+ channel seems to be conserved throughout all mammalian species. Of late, emerging
Laura Michalick +3 more
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Coding of whisker motion across the mouse face
eLife, 2019 Haptic perception synthesizes touch with proprioception, the sense of body position. Humans and mice alike experience rich active touch of the face.
Kyle S Severson +3 more
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eLife, 2023 The force-from-lipids hypothesis of cellular mechanosensation posits that membrane channels open and close in response to changes in the physical state of the lipid bilayer, induced for example by lateral tension. Here, we investigate the molecular basis
Yein Christina Park +4 more
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The Plant Pathology Journal, 2019 Sound vibration (SV) treatment can trigger various molecular and physiological changes in plants. Previously, we showed that pre-exposure of Arabidopsis plants to SV boosts its defense response against Botrytis cinerea fungus. The present study was aimed
Ritesh Ghosh +5 more
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WormBook, 2006 Wild C. elegans and other nematodes live in dirt and eat bacteria, relying on mechanoreceptor neurons (MRNs) to detect collisions with soil particles and other animals as well as forces generated by their own movement. MRNs may also help animals detect bacterial food sources.
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Mechanosensing: A Regulation Sensation [PDF]
Current Biology, 2015 Mechanosensing of surfaces in bacteria is a process that often uses obstruction of flagellum rotation to trigger behaviors such as adhesion and surface-associated movement. In a recent publication, the PilY1 protein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been implicated as a novel mechanosensor that stimulates virulence in response to surface attachment.
Ellison, Courtney, Brun, Yves V.
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Forces Bless You: Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels in Gastrointestinal Physiology and Pathology
BiomoleculesThe gastrointestinal (GI) tract is an organ actively involved in mechanical processes, where it detects forces via a mechanosensation mechanism. Mechanosensation relies on specialized cells termed mechanoreceptors, which convert mechanical forces into ...
Jing Guo +8 more
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