Piezos are bona fide mechanically activated ion channels that have a leading role in several cellular mechanotransduction events. Piezo proteins are unique in their size and lack homology to other ...

Minuscule tunnels through the cell membrane help cells to perceive and respond to mechanical forces, such as pressure or touch. A new study in the journal Science is among the first to directly ...

Minuscule tunnels through the cell membrane help cells to perceive and respond to mechanical forces, such as pressure or touch. A new study directly investigates what PIEZO channels are doing in the ...

You might expect sensors of mechanical pressure to be located on the surface of cells. That is indeed the case in animal cells where ion channels called PIEZOs embedded in membranes help sense touch ...

Minuscule tunnels through the cell membrane help cells to perceive and respond to mechanical forces, such as pressure or touch. A new study in the journal Science is among the first to directly ...

The Piezo1 and Piezo2 ion channels are known to open up response to the slightest mechanical stimulus. Researchers have now discovered that the channels are also sensitive to changes in membrane ...

A research team led by Professor Kim Kyuhyung at the Department of Brain Sciences, DGIST, has discovered a new principle that ...

A new study from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Institut Curie reveals how stem cells sense and respond to their environment, with implications for inflammatory bowel disease and ...

Nobel Prize laureate Professor Ardem Patapoutian, whose pioneering work revealed how our bodies sense touch and pressure - essential for movement, pain perception, and survival - delivered the 2025 ...

Researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Institute have identified a molecule that plays a key role in how cells sense when they are being pushed or pulled which could lead to the development of future ...