The study results, based on experiments in mice and published in Cell, reveal that a pressure-sensing protein called PIEZO1—named after the Greek word for pressure and the discovery of which won ...

Researchers have determined that a molecule called Piezo1, which senses pressure, is crucial to intestinal movement, as well as taming down inflammation. These findings, which need to be confirmed in ...

A study by scientists at Harvard Medical School and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has revealed how a pressure-sensitive protein, PIEZO1, helps regulate intestinal motility and control ...

Details are published in a new Cell paper titled, “Enteric neuronal Piezo1 maintains mechanical and immunological homeostasis by sensing force.” If the findings can be replicated in humans ...