Putting the squeeze on mechanotransduction

被引:5
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作者
Helmke, BP [1 ]
Schwartz, MA
机构
[1] Univ Virginia, Dept Biomed Engn, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA
[2] Univ Virginia, Dept Microbiol, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA
[3] Univ Virginia, Cardiovasc Res Ctr, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA
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D O I
10.1016/j.devcel.2004.05.013
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Both mechanical and chemical stimuli guide tissue function. In a recent paper, Tschumperlin et al. proposed that pressure acting on airway epithelium elicits mechanotransduction not by directly altering biochemical signaling but by regulating extracellular fluid volume to modulate ligand-receptor interactions.
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