Mechanical compression

Exposure

1 paper1 finding

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: National Key Research and Development Program of China and 2 more
  • Animals1

Outcomes

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PIEZO1

upin animals1

1 study
  1. Mechanical compression activates PIEZO1.

    “Mechanistically, cell compression activates the mechanosensitive channel Piezo1, which triggers calcium influx.”

    Animalsstudied in vivo, species not statedhair follicle stem cell

    Hair shaft miniaturization causes stem cell depletion through mechanosensory signals mediated by a Piezo1-calcium-TNF-α axis

    Cell stem cell7 Oct 2021

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