ReviewCell and tissue research2021
Opsins outside the eye and the skin: a more complex scenario than originally thought for a classical light sensor.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Human melanopsin (OPN4) gene polymorphisms: a systematic review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Deciphering the ancestral mechanisms of neural regeneration through single-cell analyses of jellyfish rhopalium repair.Science advances · 2026Article
- Opposing Roles of OPN3 and OPN5 Affecting the Intrinsic Pupillary Light Reflex of the Mammalian Iris.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Sperm navigation in humans: a concerted action of multiple means.Communications biology · 2025Review
- Roles of sensory receptors in non-sensory organs: the kidney and beyond.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2025Review
- Is there direct photoentrainment in the goldfish liver? Wavelength-dependent regulation of clock genes and investigation of the opsin 7 family.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2025Article
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- Opposing expression pattern of opsin 3 and opsin 5 in the developing and adult nasal epithelium.Chemical senses · 2025Article
- Role of visual and non-visual opsins in blue light-induced neurodegeneration inFrontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Melanopsin in the human and chicken choroid.Experimental eye research · 2024Article
- A chromosome-level genome assembly of the disco clam, Ctenoides ales.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Article
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- Synergistic Cellular Responses Conferred by Concurrent Optical and Magnetic Stimulation Are Attenuated by Simultaneous Exposure to Streptomycin: An Antibiotic Dilemma.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Circadian-independent light regulation of mammalian metabolism.Nature metabolism · 2024Review
- Gene networks and the evolution of olfactory organs, eyes, hair cells and motoneurons: a view encompassing lancelets, tunicates and vertebrates.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
- Three Blind Moles: Molecular Evolutionary Insights on the Tempo and Mode of Convergent Eye Degeneration inGenes · 2023Article
- Harmonizing Magnetic Mitohormetic Regenerative Strategies: Developmental Implications of a Calcium-Mitochondrial Axis Invoked by Magnetic Field Exposure.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Developmental Implications of Muscle-Targeted Magnetic Mitohormesis: A Human Health and Longevity Perspective.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Concurrent Optical- and Magnetic-Stimulation-Induced Changes on Wound Healing Parameters, Analyzed by Hyperspectral Imaging: An Exploratory Case Series.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Opsin 3 mediates UVA-induced keratinocyte supranuclear melanin cap formation.Communications biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Since the discovery of melanopsin as a retinal non-visual photopigment, opsins have been described in several organs and cells. This distribution is strikingly different from the classical localization of photopigments in light-exposed tissues such as the eyes and the skin. More than 10 years ago, a new paradigm in the field was created as opsins were shown, to detect not only light, but also thermal energy in Drosophila. In agreement with these findings, thermal detection by opsins was also reported in mammalian cells. Considering the presence of opsins in tissues not reached by light, an intriguing question has emerged: What is the role of a classical light-sensor, and more recently appreciated thermo-sensor, in these tissues? To tackle this question, we address in this review the most recent studies in the field, with emphasis in mammals. We provide the present view about the role of opsins in peripheral tissues, aiming to integrate the current knowledge of the presence and function of opsins in organs that are not directly affected by light.
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