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      Acid-Sensing Ion Channels’ Immunoreactivity in Nerve Profiles and Glomus Cells of the Human Carotid Body (2024) 

      Martínez-Barbero, Graciela; García-Mesa, Yolanda; Cobo, Ramón; Cuendias, Patricia; Martín-Biedma, Benjamín; García-Suárez, Olivia; Feito, Jorge; Cobo, Teresa; Vega, José A. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023)
      The carotid body is a major peripheral chemoreceptor that senses changes in arterial blood oxygen, carbon dioxide, and pH, which is important for the regulation of breathing and cardiovascular function. The mechanisms by ...
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      Functional hypothesis of the juxtaoral organ: Role of collagen types I and III (2021) 

      Mérida-García, Antonio José; Murillo-González, Jorge; Martínez-Sanz, Elena; Catón, Javier; Arráez-Aybar, Luis A.; Martín-Cruces, José; Cobo, Teresa; Vega, José Antonio; Mérida-Velasco, José Ramón (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2021)
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      Immunohistochemical detection of PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 in human digital Meissner´s corpuscles (2024) 

      García-Mesa, Yolanda; Cuendias, Patricia; Alonso-Guervós, Marta; García-Piqueras, Jorge; Martín-Biedma, Benjamín; Cobo, Teresa; García-Suárez, Olivia; Vega, José A. (Elsevier GmbH, 2024)
      Background: The cutaneous end organ complexes or cutaneous sensory corpuscles are specialized sensory organs associated to low-threshold mechanoreceptors. Mechano-gated proteins forming a part of ion channels have been ...
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      Immunolocalization of the mechanogated ion channels PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 in human and mouse dental pulp and periodontal ligament (2024) 

      Gaite, Juan J.; Solé-Magdalena, Antonio; García-Mesa, Yolanda; Cuendias, Patricia; Martin-Cruces, José; García-Suárez, Olivia; Cobo, Teresa; Vega, José A.; Martín-Biedma, Benjamín (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023)
      PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 are essential components of mechanogated ion channels, which are required for mechanotransduction and biological processes associated with mechanical stimuli. There is evidence for the presence of PIEZO1 ...
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      Localization of BDNF and Calretinin in Olfactory Epithelium and Taste Buds of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) (2024) 

      Aragona, Marialuisa; Porcino, Caterina; Guerrera, Maria Cristina; Montalbano, Giuseppe; Laurà, Rosaria; Levanti, Maria; Abbate, Francesco; Cobo, Teresa; Capitelli, Gabriel; Calapai, Fabrizio; ... (MDPI, 2022)
      Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the neurotrophin family and it is involved in several fundamental functions in the central and peripheral nervous systems, and in sensory organs. BDNF regulates the ...
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      Lung Inflammatory Phenotype in Mice Deficient in Fibulin-2 and ADAMTS-12 (2024) 

      Mohamedi, Yamina; Fontanil, Tania; Vega, José A.; Cobo, Teresa; Cal, Santiago; Obaya, Álvaro J. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024)
      Interaction between extracellular matrix (ECM) components plays an important role in the regulation of cellular behavior and hence in tissue function. Consequently, characterization of new interactions within ECM opens the ...
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      Retinal protection from LED-backlit screen lights by short wavelength absorption filters (2021) 

      Sánchez-Ramos, Celia; Bonnin-Arias, Cristina; Blázquez-Sánchez, Vanesa; Aguirre-Vilacoro, Victoria; Cobo, Teresa; García-Suárez, Olivia; Pérez-Carrasco, María Jesús; Alvarez-Peregrina, Cristina; Vega, Jose Antonio (MDPI, 2021-11)
      Background: Ocular exposure to intense light or long-time exposure to low-intensity short-wavelength lights may cause eye injury. Excessive levels of blue light induce photochemical damage to the retinal pigment and ...
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      The BDNF/TrkB Neurotrophin System in the Sensory Organs of Zebrafish (2022) 

      Aragona, Marialuisa; Porcino, Caterina; Guerrera, Maria Cristina; Montalbano, Giuseppe; Laurà, Rosaria; Cometa, Marzio; Levanti, Maria Beatrice; Abbate, Francesco; Cobo, Teresa; Capitelli, Gabriel; ... (MDPI, 2022-03-01)
      The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was discovered in the last century, and identified as a member of the neurotrophin family. BDNF shares approximately 50% of its amino acid with other neurotrophins such as NGF, ...
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      The Lamellar Cells of Vertebrate Meissner and Pacinian Corpuscles: Development, Characterization, and Functions (2024) 

      Suazo, Iván; Vega, José A.; García-Mesa, Yolanda; García-Piqueras, Jorge; García-Suárez, Olivia; Cobo, Teresa (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)
      Sensory corpuscles, or cutaneous end-organ complexes, are complex structures localized at the periphery of Aβ-axon terminals from primary sensory neurons that primarily work as low-threshold mechanoreceptors. Structurally, ...