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ArticleCommunications biology2019

Myosin-II mediated traction forces evoke localized Piezo1-dependent Ca

Kyle L Ellefsen, Jesse R Holt, Alice C Chang, Jamison L Nourse, Janahan Arulmoli, Armen H Mekhdjian, Hamid Abuwarda, Francesco Tombola, Lisa A Flanagan, Alexander R Dunn and 2 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 140 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

140 citing papers in PubMed, 220 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kyle L Ellefsen *1Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4019-3797
Jesse R Holt *2Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8136-6394
Alice C Chang *5Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2537-0879
Jamison L Nourse *2Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.
Janahan Arulmoli3Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.
Armen H Mekhdjian5Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
Hamid Abuwarda2Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.
Francesco Tombola2Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9315-0352
Lisa A Flanagan3Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.
Alexander R Dunn5Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
Ian Parker1Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.
Medha M Pathak2Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6518-3085
University of California, Irvine · USStanford University · USCardiovascular Institute of the South · US

Funding

Elementary Events of Intracellular Calcium SignalingR37GM048071 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PARKER, IAN · 2011 to 2020
$5.3M
Molecular mechanisms underlying force transduction at cellular adhesion complexesR35GM130332 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Alexander R Dunn · 2019 to 2026
$4.9M
Training Program in Stem Cell Translational Medicine for Neurological DisordersT32NS082174 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PETER John DONOVAN, Leslie Michels Thompson · 2013 to 2026
$3.3M
Building the brain: How mechanical forces shape human neural developmentDP2AT010376 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PATHAK, MEDHA M · 2018 to 2020
$2.9M
Piezo1 in neural stem cell mechano-regulationR01NS109810 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PATHAK, MEDHA M · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
Biophysical mechanisms of mechanical tension sensing at cellular integrin complexesR01GM112998 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DUNN, ALEXANDER R · 2015 to 2018
$1.3M
Stretch-activated ion channels in human neural stem cell mechanotransductionR21NS085628 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI TOMBOLA, FRANCESCO · 2015 to 2016
$425k
Spatial Dynamics of Cellular Calcium SignalingF31GM119330 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI ELLEFSEN, KYLE L · 2016 to 2017
$68k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCCIH NIH HHS DP2 AT010376NIGMS NIH HHS F31 GM119330NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM112998NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130332NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM048071NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS109810NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS085628NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS082174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Piezo channels transduce mechanical stimuli into electrical and chemical signals to powerfully influence development, tissue homeostasis, and regeneration. Studies on Piezo1 have largely focused on transduction of "outside-in" mechanical forces, and its response to internal, cell-generated forces remains poorly understood. Here, using measurements of endogenous Piezo1 activity and traction forces in native cellular conditions, we show that cellular traction forces generate spatially-restricted Piezo1-mediated Ca

Indexed as

Calcium SignalingMechanotransduction, CellularAnimalsCalciumCells, CulturedFibroblastsHumansIon ChannelsMaleMice, KnockoutMyosin Type IINeural Stem CellsTime FactorsCalciumIon ChannelsMyosin Type IIPIEZO1 protein, humanPiezo1 protein, mouseIon channel signallingIon transport

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PMID31396578
PMCPMC6685976
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