| Piezo1 is also found in [[red blood cells]], and gain of function mutations in the channels are associated with hereditary xerocytosis or [[stomatocytosis]].<ref name = "pmid22529292">{{cite journal | vauthors = Zarychanski R, Schulz VP, Houston BL, Maksimova Y, Houston DS, Smith B, Rinehart J, Gallagher PG | title = Mutations in the mechanotransduction protein PIEZO1 are associated with hereditary xerocytosis | journal = Blood | volume = 120 | issue = 9 | pages = 1908–15 | date = August 2012 | pmid = 22529292 | doi = 10.1182/blood-2012-04-422253 | pmc=3448561}}</ref><ref name = "pmid 23487776">{{cite journal | vauthors = Bae C, Gnanasambandam R, Nicolai C, Sachs F, Gottlieb PA | title = Xerocytosis is caused by mutations that alter the kinetics of the mechanosensitive channel PIEZO1 | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 110 | issue = 12 | pages = E1162–8 | date = March 2013 | pmid = 23487776 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1219777110 | pmc=3606986}}</ref><ref name = "pmid 23695678">{{cite journal | vauthors = Albuisson J, Murthy SE, Bandell M, Coste B, Louis-Dit-Picard H, Mathur J, Fénéant-Thibault M, Tertian G, de Jaureguiberry JP, Syfuss PY, Cahalan S, Garçon L, Toutain F, Simon Rohrlich P, Delaunay J, Picard V, Jeunemaitre X, Patapoutian A | title = Dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis linked to gain-of-function mutations in mechanically activated PIEZO1 ion channels | journal = Nature Communications | volume = 4 | pages = 1884 | year = 2013 | pmid = 23695678 | doi = 10.1038/ncomms2899 | pmc=3674779}}</ref> Piezo1 channels are pivotal integrators in [[Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology|vascular biology]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Li J, Hou B, Tumova S, Muraki K, Bruns A, Ludlow MJ, Sedo A, Hyman AJ, McKeown L, Young RS, Yuldasheva NY, Majeed Y, Wilson LA, Rode B, Bailey MA, Kim HR, Fu Z, Carter DA, Bilton J, Imrie H, Ajuh P, Dear TN, Cubbon RM, Kearney MT, Prasad KR, Evans PC, Ainscough JF, Beech DJ | display-authors = 6 | title = Piezo1 integration of vascular architecture with physiological force | journal = Nature | volume = 515 | issue = 7526 | pages = 279–82 | date = November 2014 | pmid = 25119035 | doi = 10.1038/nature13701 | pmc=4230887}}</ref> | | Piezo1 is also found in [[red blood cells]], and gain of function mutations in the channels are associated with hereditary xerocytosis or [[stomatocytosis]].<ref name = "pmid22529292">{{cite journal | vauthors = Zarychanski R, Schulz VP, Houston BL, Maksimova Y, Houston DS, Smith B, Rinehart J, Gallagher PG | title = Mutations in the mechanotransduction protein PIEZO1 are associated with hereditary xerocytosis | journal = Blood | volume = 120 | issue = 9 | pages = 1908–15 | date = August 2012 | pmid = 22529292 | doi = 10.1182/blood-2012-04-422253 | pmc=3448561}}</ref><ref name = "pmid 23487776">{{cite journal | vauthors = Bae C, Gnanasambandam R, Nicolai C, Sachs F, Gottlieb PA | title = Xerocytosis is caused by mutations that alter the kinetics of the mechanosensitive channel PIEZO1 | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 110 | issue = 12 | pages = E1162–8 | date = March 2013 | pmid = 23487776 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1219777110 | pmc=3606986}}</ref><ref name = "pmid 23695678">{{cite journal | vauthors = Albuisson J, Murthy SE, Bandell M, Coste B, Louis-Dit-Picard H, Mathur J, Fénéant-Thibault M, Tertian G, de Jaureguiberry JP, Syfuss PY, Cahalan S, Garçon L, Toutain F, Simon Rohrlich P, Delaunay J, Picard V, Jeunemaitre X, Patapoutian A | title = Dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis linked to gain-of-function mutations in mechanically activated PIEZO1 ion channels | journal = Nature Communications | volume = 4 | pages = 1884 | year = 2013 | pmid = 23695678 | doi = 10.1038/ncomms2899 | pmc=3674779}}</ref> Piezo1 channels are pivotal integrators in [[Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology|vascular biology]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Li J, Hou B, Tumova S, Muraki K, Bruns A, Ludlow MJ, Sedo A, Hyman AJ, McKeown L, Young RS, Yuldasheva NY, Majeed Y, Wilson LA, Rode B, Bailey MA, Kim HR, Fu Z, Carter DA, Bilton J, Imrie H, Ajuh P, Dear TN, Cubbon RM, Kearney MT, Prasad KR, Evans PC, Ainscough JF, Beech DJ | display-authors = 6 | title = Piezo1 integration of vascular architecture with physiological force | journal = Nature | volume = 515 | issue = 7526 | pages = 279–82 | date = November 2014 | pmid = 25119035 | doi = 10.1038/nature13701 | pmc=4230887}}</ref> |