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Ardem Patapoutian is a neuroscience specialist with an H-index of 89 at Scripps Research (Member). Has been published in Science, Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Based in Unknown, Unknown, Global.
Biography
Ardem Patapoutian is a Lebanese-American molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel Prize laureate of Armenian descent. He is known for his work in characterizing the PIEZO1, PIEZO2, and TRPM8 receptors that detect pressure, menthol, and temperature. Patapoutian is a neuroscience professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California. In 2021, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with David Julius.
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Piezo1 and Piezo2 are essential components of distinct mechanically activated cation channels.
PIEZO2 in somatosensory neurons controls gastrointestinal transit.
A role of PIEZO1 in iron metabolism in mice and humans.
Nociceptors: the sensors of the pain pathway.
PIEZO1 transduces mechanical itch in mice.
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