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A HEK293 cell during simultaneous mechanical stimulation and whole-cell current recording. The patch pipette (left) is sealed onto the plasma membrane, and the mechanical probe (right) indents the cell membrane to evoke Piezo1 activity. The video depicts a single 5 µm indentation as part of a larger train of step-wise indentations from 1 to 10 µm.
