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Piezo-Type Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Component 1 (Piezo1): A Promising Therapeutic Target and Its Modulators.
Journal of medicinal chemistry - 12 May 2022
Tang Hairong, Zeng Ruoqing, He Ende, Zhang Isabella, Ding Chunyong, Zhang Ao
Abstract excerpt
Piezo1 is a member of the mechanosensitive piezo ion channel family, which transduces various mechanical stimulations into electrochemical signals. Piezo1 is closely implicated in different physiological processes ranging from erythrocyte volume homeostasis to lymphatic vessel formation and bone homeostasis. Aberrant Piezo1 functions caused by gain-of-function or loss-of-function mutations are associated with...
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