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ReviewPhysiological reviews2014

The physiology of mechanoelectrical transduction channels in hearing.

Robert Fettiplace, Kyunghee X Kim

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Review in Physiological reviews, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 174 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

174 citing papers in PubMed, 306 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. TECTB Variants Reveal Tectorial Membrane Vulnerability in Dominant Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  6. Restoring Iron Homeostasis via Smoothened Inhibition: A Novel Strategy Against Hearing Loss.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  7. Spontaneous CaExperimental physiology · 2026
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  8. Electrical Control of the Transduction Channels' Gating Force in Mechanosensory Hair Cells.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  15. Sound-evoked tonic motility of cochlear outer hair cells in mice with stereociliary defects.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert FettiplaceDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Kyunghee X KimDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM IN HAIR CELLSR01DC001362 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ROBERT FETTIPLACE · 1992 to 2026
$11.3M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC001362NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC01362
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Much is known about the mechanotransducer (MT) channels mediating transduction in hair cells of the vertrbrate inner ear. With the use of isolated preparations, it is experimentally feasible to deliver precise mechanical stimuli to individual cells and record the ensuing transducer currents. This approach has shown that small (1-100 nm) deflections of the hair-cell stereociliary bundle are transmitted via interciliary tip links to open MT channels at the tops of the stereocilia. These channels are cation-permeable with a high selectivity for Ca(2+); two channels are thought to be localized at the lower end of the tip link, each with a large single-channel conductance that increases from the low- to high-frequency end of the cochlea. Ca(2+) influx through open channels regulates their resting open probability, which may contribute to setting the hair cell resting potential in vivo. Ca(2+) also controls transducer fast adaptation and force generation by the hair bundle, the two coupled processes increasing in speed from cochlear apex to base. The molecular intricacy of the stereocilary bundle and the transduction apparatus is reflected by the large number of single-gene mutations that are linked to sensorineural deafness, especially those in Usher syndrome. Studies of such mutants have led to the discovery of many of the molecules of the transduction complex, including the tip link and its attachments to the stereociliary core. However, the MT channel protein is still not firmly identified, nor is it known whether the channel is activated by force delivered through accessory proteins or by deformation of the lipid bilayer.

Indexed as

Mechanotransduction, CellularAnimalsHair Cells, AuditoryHearingHumans

Identifiers

PMID24987009
PMCPMC4101631
OpenAlexW2079165672

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