Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 451-458.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2021.06.007

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Discovery and research advance of temperature and touch receptors:Understanding of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

XIE Hengchang, FU Xiaoyu, SHEN Wei   

  1. School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
  • Received:2021-11-09 Online:2021-10-25 Published:2021-12-21

Abstract: The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to David Jay Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their contributions to the discovery of temperature and touch receptors. We review the discovery of the temperature receptor TRPV1 and the touch receptor PIEZOs by the two scientists, and describe the research advance on these receptors and the great potential for drug discovery