TABLE 4.

Top ten co-citation analysis of cited reference on piezo channels research.

Rank	Title	First author	Source	Publication year	Citations (n)
1	Piezo1 and Piezo2 are essential components of distinct mechanically activated cation channels	Coste et al. (2010)	Science	2010	363
2	Piezo proteins are pore-forming subunits of mechanically activated channels	Coste et al. (2012)	Nature	2012	193
3	Piezo1 integration of vascular architecture with physiological force	Li et al. (2014)	Nature	2014	171
4	Piezo2 is the major transducer of mechanical forces for touch sensation in mice	Ranade et al. (2014b)	Nature	2014	160
5	Piezo2 is required for merkel-cell mechanotransduction	Woo et al. (2014)	Nature	2014	160
6	Piezo1, a mechanically activated ion channel, is required for vascular development in mice	Ranade et al. (2014a)	Proc Natl Acad Sci USA	2014	150
7	Mutations in the mechanotransduction protein Piezo1 are associated with hereditary xerocytosis	Zarychanski et al. (2012)	Blood	2012	119
8	The mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo1 is inhibited by the peptide GsMTx4	Bae et al. (2011)	Biochemistry	2011	113
9	Xerocytosis is caused by mutations that alter the kinetics of the mechanosensitive channel Piezo1	Bae et al. (2013)	Proc Natl Acad Sci USA	2013	111
10	Piezo1 links mechanical forces to red blood cell volume	Cahalan et al. (2015)	eLife	2015	107