Functional coupling between TRPV4 channel and TMEM16F modulates human trophoblast fusion
Y. Zhang, P. Liang, K. Z. Shan, L. Feng, Y. Chen, W. Liedtke, H. Yang
The paper shows TRPV4 activates TMEM16F in trophoblasts, promoting cell fusion, and identifies this as a mechanism for syncytialization and disease-related fusion.
bioRxiv · Dec 11, 2021Physiology