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. 2023 Mar 30;24(7):6513. doi: 10.3390/ijms24076513

Table 2.

Piezo1 channel associated diseases.

Organ System Affected Organs Diseases Affected Cell Type Experimental Setup References
Skeletal system Bone Osteoporosis Osteocytes, osteoblasts In vitro
Human and mouse MSCs
[147]
Bone Osteosarcoma Human osteosarcoma cells In vitro
Human osteosarcoma cell line MG63 and U2 cell line
[148]
Joints Synovial sarcoma SW982 cells In vitro
Human synovial sarcoma SW982,
human embryonic kidney 293 cell lines
[149]
Joints Joint disease Chondrocytes In vitro
Primary chondrocytes from six-day-old mice
[138]
Dental system Orthodontic tooth movement Periodontal ligament cells Sprague-Dawley rats (8 week old) [131,150]
Heart Cardiovascular disease Cardiac fibroblasts, cardiomyocytes In vitro
Knockout Mice
sm22Cre Piezo1−/− Mice
[151]
Gastrointestinal system Gastic region Gastric cancer Gastric cancer cell lines In vitro
Gastric cancer cell lines SGC-7901 and BGC-823
[152]
Pancreas Pancreatitis Pancreatic acinar cells In vitro
C57BL/6J male mice 6–8 week old and Piezo1 knockout mice: Ptf1atm2(cre/ESR1)Cvw/J mice
[153]
Pancreas Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Pancreatic stellate cells In vitro
Human pancreatic cancer cell lines PCs, MiaPaCa-2 and Panc-1
[154]
Excretory system Bladder Bladder dysfunction Bladder urothelial cells In vitro
C57BL/6Cr) mice and TRPV4-knockout mice
In vitro
Patients with prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia
[155]
Kidney Renal fibrosis HK2 cells In vitro
C57BL/6J mice
In vitro
Human kidney autopsy specimens
Human proximal tubular cells (HK2 cells)
[156]
Respiratory system Lungs Acute respiratory distress syndrome Type II pneumocytes In vitro
Health adult Sprague-Dawley rats
[157]
Lungs Lung capillary stress failure injury Lung endothelial cells In vitro
Backcrossing Piezo1flox/flox mice with Endo-SCL-Cre mice
[158]
Lungs Lung cancer Small cell lung cancer lines In vitro
16HBE cells
[159]
Nervous system Central nervous system Gliomas Human gliomas cells Human glioma tissues [160,161]
Astrocytes Neuroinflammation Astrocytes In vitro
C57BL/6 mice; mixed glial cell cultures
[162]
Eye Glaucoma Cornea, retinal ganglion cell layer, and lens epithelial cells In vitro
7-week-old male albino ddY mice, 15-month-old C57BL/6 mice, 9- and 15-month-old DBA/2J mice, adult SpragueDawley rats
[163]
Neurons Migraine Trigeminal ganglion In vitro
Wistar rats
[164,165]
Connective tissue Skin Hypertrophic scar Myofibroblasts In vitro
Human hypertrophic scar tissues and adjacent normal skin tissues from 9 people
[166]
Skin Skin wound Keratinocytes In vitro
Krt14Cre;Piezo1fl/fl
(Piezo1-cKO)
Krt14Cre;Piezo1cx/+
and Krt14Cre;Piezo1cx/cx
(Piezo1-GoF)
[167]
Adipose tissue Inflammation Adipocytes In vitro
Piezo1-flox/flox mice were crossed to adiponectin-Cre mice
[168]