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Abstract
Mechanoreceptors mediate a wide variety of physiological processes, such as hearing, touch, proprioception, and blood flow regulation. It is generally believed that mechanoreceptors are force-gated ion channels. Now, Xu et al. uncover a GPCR that is activated by shear force in endothelial cells of blood vessels.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29677505 PMCID: PMC6706248 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.04.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582