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TRPCs are involved in the continually growing number of cell functions. Furthermore, mutations in the TRPC6 gene are associated with hereditary diseases, such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. The most important recent breakthrough in TRPC research was the solving of cryo-EM structures of TRPC3, TRPC4, TRPC5, and TRPC6. These structural data shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying TRPCs’ functional properties and propelled the development of new modulators of the channels. This review provides a historical overview of the major advances in the TRPC field focusing on the role of gene knockouts and pharmacological tools.</jats:p>","journal":"Cells","year":2020,"id":26321,"datarank":3.372932946512967,"base_score":5.030437921392435,"endowment":5.030437921392435,"self_citation_contribution":0.7545656882088654,"citation_network_contribution":2.6183672583041018,"self_endowment_contribution":0.7545656882088654,"citer_contribution":2.6183672583041018,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":152,"citer_count":143,"citers_with_citation_signal":116,"citers_with_endowment":116,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":152544,"name":"Gagandeep Sooch","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":152545,"name":"Isaac S. 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