title: Touch channels sense blood pressure.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Basic Cardiovascular Research, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franco-Obregón
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Clapham
mesh_terms: D062565:Acid Sensing Ion Channels; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D062626:Degenerin Sodium Channels; D053503:Epithelial Sodium Channels; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018101:Mice, Inbred mdx; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014110:Touch
chemical_list: C568424:ASIC2 protein, human; D062565:Acid Sensing Ion Channels; D062626:Degenerin Sodium Channels; D053503:Epithelial Sodium Channels; D007473:Ion Channels; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D015222:Sodium Channels