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Composite of a cryo-electron microscopy image showing lipid vesicles with embedded Piezo channels, and the Piezo channel structure (top). Topography image of a single Piezo channel under force as recorded by high-speed atomic force microscopy (circle) and its lateral expansion in the membrane as a function of applied force (right). All images:Dr. Simon Scheuring.)

Scientists Discover the Basics of how Pressure-sensing Piezo Proteins Work

August 21, 2019

A team of scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine and The Rockefeller University has illuminated the basic mechanism of Piezo proteins, which function as sensors in the body for mechanical stimuli such as touch, bladder fullness and blood pressure.

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Dr. Simon Scheuring, Research, News from WCM, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

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