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A Piez-o the jigsaw: the Piezo1 channel in skin biology
19 Feb 2022
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The skin is the largest organ covering the entirety of the body. Its role as a physical barrier to the outside world as well as its endocrinological and immunological functions subject it to continuous internal and external mechanical forces. Thus, mechanotransduction is of the utmost importance for the skin in order to process and leverage mechanical input for its various functions. Piezo1 is a mechanosensitive...
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