Smooth muscle cell Piezo1 depletion results in impaired contractile properties in murine small bowel

Abstract Piezo1 is a mechanosensitive cation channel expressed in intestinal muscularis cells (IMCs), including smooth muscle cells (SMCs), interstitial cells of Cajal, and Pdgfrα+ cells, which form the SIP syncytium, crucial for GI contractility. Here, we investigate the effects of SMC-specific Pie...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Geoanna M. Bautista, Yingjie Du, Michael J. Matthews, Allison M. Flores, Nicole R. Kushnir, Nicolle K. Sweeney, Nam Phuong N. Nguyen, Elmira Tokhtaeva, R. S. Solorzano-Vargas, Michael Lewis, Matthias Stelzner, Ximin He, James C. Y. Dunn, Martin G. Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07697-6
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!