Paraquat is an agonist of STIM1 and increases intracellular calcium levels

The herbicide paraquat is an agonist of Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 (STIM1), leading to extracellular calcium entry observed in epithelial-mesenchymal transition in alveolar cells during pulmonary fibrosis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wenyu Yang, Rui Tian, Yong Zhu, Peijie Huang, Xinrun Ma, Xiaoxiao Meng, Wentao Dai, Yiming Tao, Daonan Chen, Jiaxiang Zhang, Jian Lu, Hui Xie, Xiangdong Jian, Zhengfeng Yang, Ruilan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04130-0