Trial reportScience translational medicine2018
PIEZO2 mediates injury-induced tactile pain in mice and humans.
Trial report in Science translational medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 180 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Microneurographic Assessment of Peripheral Nerves in Healthy Volunteers and Individuals With Sensory Dysfunction Caused by Inherited Mutations in the PIEZO2 Gene
Defining TRPV4 Contribution of Schwann Cells to Oral Cancer Pain
Who cites it
180 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 292 citations in OpenAlex.
- The interplay between epidermal cells and the cutaneous sensory nervous: a systematic review.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Recent research advances in pain mechanisms in McCune-Albright syndrome thinking about the pain mechanism of FD/MAS.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Pooled it
- Roles of Piezo channels in dentofacial deformity: Onset, orthodontic treatment, and associated diseases.Genes & diseases · 2026Review
- An inherited hypomorphic variant in PIEZO2 reveals structural features of mechanotransduction.Neuron · 2026Article
- Noninvasive biophysical modulations of Piezo ion channels.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2026Review
- Painful neuromas exhibit axonal phenotypic shift via nociceptive and mechanosensitive marker up-regulation.PNAS nexus · 2026Article
- A two-step clockwork mechanism opens a proteo-lipidic pore in PIEZO2.Nature chemical biology · 2026Article
- LPA/LPAR signaling drives temporomandibular disorders-like pain through regulating the expression and sensitization of PIEZO2.Science advances · 2026Article
- Targeting the Mechanosensitive Channel Piezo2 Alleviates Intracerebral Hemorrhage-induced Brain Injury by Modulating ER Stress.Translational stroke research · 2026Article
- Systematic Expression and Localization Profiling of Piezo2 in Rodent Pancreatic Islets.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Sympathetic Overactivation Drives Neurogenic Alveolar Epithelial Pyroptosis via the PIEZO2-ER Stress Pathway in Acute Lung Injury Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels Contribute to Airway Changes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Yoda molecules agonize PIEZO2.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- BDNF-TrκB-PLCγ signaling drives BPA-induced mechanical allodynia through activating mechanosensitive Piezo2 channels.Cell & bioscience · 2026Article
- MDFIC2 is a sensory neuron-specific PIEZO channel auxiliary subunit.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Involvement of peripheral and central sensitization in prolonged mechanical allodynia of the tongue in a rat.Odontology · 2026Article
- Tetrahydropalmatine alleviates cancer induced bone pain by inhibiting TRPV1-SP-mediated macrophage recruitment and promoting M2 polarization.Chinese medicine · 2026Article
- Electrophysiological Properties and Mechanical Sensitivity of Trigeminal Ganglionic Neurons That Innervate the Maxillary Sinus in Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- MASSAG model: Towards an integrative neuroscience framework linking emotional trauma, pain, and mechanisms of force-based manipulations.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2026Review
120 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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16 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Tissue injury and inflammation markedly alter touch perception, making normally innocuous sensations become intensely painful. Although this sensory distortion, known as tactile allodynia, is one of the most common types of pain, the mechanism by which gentle mechanical stimulation becomes unpleasant remains enigmatic. The stretch-gated ion channel PIEZO2 has been shown to mediate light touch, vibration detection, and proprioception. However, the role of this ion channel in nociception and pain has not been resolved. Here, we examined the importance of Piezo2 in the cellular representation of mechanosensation using in vivo imaging in mice. Piezo2-knockout neurons were completely insensitive to gentle dynamic touch but still responded robustly to noxious pinch. During inflammation and after injury, Piezo2 remained essential for detection of gentle mechanical stimuli. We hypothesized that loss of PIEZO2 might eliminate tactile allodynia in humans. Our results show that individuals with loss-of-function mutations in PIEZO2 completely failed to develop sensitization and painful reactions to touch after skin inflammation. These findings provide insight into the basis for tactile allodynia, identify the PIEZO2 mechanoreceptor as an essential mediator of touch under inflammatory conditions, and suggest that this ion channel might be targeted for treating tactile allodynia.
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