首都医科大学学报 ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 879-882.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7795.2021.05.030

• 诺贝尔奖 • 上一篇    下一篇

感觉解码器的发现之旅——2021年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖

王培培, 杨菲*   

  1. 首都医科大学基础医学院神经生物学系,北京 100069
  • 收稿日期:2021-10-13 发布日期:2021-10-29

Voyage of discoveries of sensory decoders—Introduction of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021

Wang Peipei, Yang Fei*   

  1. Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
  • Received:2021-10-13 Published:2021-10-29

摘要: 北京时间2021年10月4日,在瑞典斯德哥尔摩,卡罗琳斯卡医学院宣布将2021年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖授予美国生理学家David Julius和美国分子生物学家Ardem Patapoutian,以表彰他们在温度和触觉感受器的发现过程中所做出的杰出贡献。本文对David Julius和Ardem Patapoutian的生平、科学贡献和意义加以介绍。

关键词: 2021年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖, 温度感受器, 触觉感受器

Abstract: On October 4, 2021, Beijing time, the Karolinska Institute of Sweden in Stockholm announced that the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to American physiologist David Julius and American molecular biologist Ardem Patapoutian in recognition of their outstanding contributions in discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.Here, we will give the introductions of David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian as well as their scientific contributions and significance underlying those.

Key words: the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021, temperature receptor, touch receptor