Anthony Peng, PhD

Associate Professor, Physiology & Biophysics


Publications

  • Nam JH, Peng AW, Ricci AJ. Underestimated sensitivity of mammalian cochlear hair cells due to splay between stereociliary columns. Biophys J. 2015 Jun 2;108(11):2633-47. PubMed PMID: 26039165
  • Peng AW, Gnanasambandam R, Sachs F, Ricci AJ. Adaptation Independent Modulation of Auditory Hair Cell Mechanotransduction Channel Open Probability Implicates a Role for the Lipid Bilayer. J Neurosci. 2016 Mar 9;36(10):2945-56. PubMed PMID: 26961949
  • Peng AW, Ricci AJ. Glass Probe Stimulation of Hair Cell Stereocilia. Methods Mol Biol. 2016;1427:487-500. PubMed PMID: 27259944
  • Effertz T, Becker L, Peng AW, Ricci AJ. Phosphoinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate Regulates Auditory Hair-Cell Mechanotransduction-Channel Pore Properties and Fast Adaptation. J Neurosci. 2017 Nov 29;37(48):11632-11646. PubMed PMID: 29066559
  • Larsen T, Doll JC, Loizeau F, Hosseini N, Peng AW, Fantner G, Ricci AJ, Pruitt BL. Rise Time Reduction of Thermal Actuators Operated in Air and Water through Optimized Pre-Shaped Open-Loop Driving. J Micromech Microeng. 2017;27(4). PubMed PMID: 28989241
  • Tilley DC, Angueyra JM, Eum KS, Kim H, Chao LH, Peng AW, Sack JT. The tarantula toxin GxTx detains K( ) channel gating charges in their resting conformation. J Gen Physiol. 2018 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30397012
  • Kazmierczak M, Kazmierczak P, Peng AW, Harris SL, Shah P, Puel JL, Lenoir M, Franco SJ, Schwander M. Pejvakin, a Candidate Stereociliary Rootlet Protein, Regulates Hair Cell Function in a Cell-Autonomous Manner. J Neurosci. 2017 Mar 29;37(13):3447-3464. PubMed PMID: 28209736
  • Caprara GA, Mecca AA, Wang Y, Ricci AJ, Peng AW. Hair Bundle Stimulation Mode Modifies Manifestations of Mechanotransduction Adaptation. J Neurosci. 2019 Nov 13;39(46):9098-9106. PubMed PMID: 31578232
  • Tilley DC, Angueyra JM, Eum KS, Kim H, Chao LH, Peng AW, Sack JT. The tarantula toxin GxTx detains K( ) channel gating charges in their resting conformation. J Gen Physiol. 2019 Mar 4;151(3):292-315. PubMed PMID: 30397012
  • Caprara GA, Mecca AA, Peng AW. Decades-old model of slow adaptation in sensory hair cells is not supported in mammals. Sci Adv. 2020 Aug;6(33):eabb4922. PubMed PMID: 32851178
  • Li S, Mecca A, Kim J, Caprara GA, Wagner EL, Du TT, Petrov L, Xu W, Cui R, Rebustini IT, Kachar B, Peng AW, Shin JB. Myosin-VIIa is expressed in multiple isoforms and essential for tensioning the hair cell mechanotransduction complex. Nat Commun. 2020 Apr 29;11(1):2066. PubMed PMID: 32350269
  • Xu Z, Peng AW, Xiong W. Editorial: Hair Bundles-Development, Maintenance, and Function. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021;9:800410. PubMed PMID: 34869395
  • Peng AW, Scharr AL, Caprara GA, Nettles D, Steele CR, Ricci AJ. Fluid Jet Stimulation of Auditory Hair Bundles Reveal Spatial Non-uniformities and Two Viscoelastic-Like Mechanisms. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021;9:725101. PubMed PMID: 34513845
  • Mecca AA, Caprara GA, Peng AW. cAMP and voltage modulate rat auditory mechanotransduction by decreasing the stiffness of gating springs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jul 26;119(30):e2107567119. PubMed PMID: 35858439
  • Caprara GA, Peng AW. Mechanotransduction in mammalian sensory hair cells. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2022 May;120:103706. PubMed PMID: 35218890