The protein Piezo1 (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

The protein Piezo1

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Under tension, the protein Piezo1 activates to cause controlled inflammatory and metabolic changes necessary for skin growth.

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Nature Communications, Yingchao Xue, Luis A. Garza

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