TMEM63B ,

Wenjie Zou1, Siqi Deng2, Xingyu Chen3

  • 1Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Institute of Molecular Physiology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.

Neuron
|March 19, 2025
PubMed
概括

研究人员确定TMEM63B是哺乳动物渴求的关键分子传感器. 这种蛋白质在下器官中发现,检测血液度的变化,引发口渴的感觉.

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