Publications

    1. N’Guetta PY, McLarnon SR, Tassou A, Geron M, Shirvan S, Hill RZ, Scherrer G, O’Brien LL. (2024) “Comprehensive mapping of sensory and sympathetic innervation of the developing kidney.” Cell Reports (DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114860).

    2. Hill RZ, Loud M, Dubin AE, Peet B, Patapoutian A. (2022) “PIEZO1 transduces mechanical itch in mice.” Nature(DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04860-5). [Featured in Nature News & Views on22 June 2022]

    3. Wan SJ, Datta A, Flandrin O, Metruccio MME, Ma S, Nieto V, Kroken AR, Hill RZ, Bautista DM, Evans DJ, Fleiszig SMJ. (2021) “Nerve-associated transient receptor potential ion channels can contribute to intrinsic resistance to bacterial adhesion in vivo.” The FASEB Journal(DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100874R).

    4. Hill RZ, Bautista DM. (2020) “Getting in touch with mechanical pain mechanisms.” Trends in Neuroscience(DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2020.03.004). [Review]

    5. Hill RZ, Rifi Z, Vuong C, Bautista DM. (2020) “Loss of S1PR3 attenuates scratching behaviors in mice in the imiquimod model of psoriasis, but not in the MC903 model of atopic dermatitis.” Itch(DOI: 10.1097.0000000000000035).

    6. Walsh CM*, Hill RZ*, Schwendinger-Schreck J, Deguine J, Brock EC, Kucirek N, Rifi Z, Wei J, Gronert K, Brem RB, Barton GM, Bautista DM. (2019) “Neutrophils promote CXCR3-dependent itch in the development of atopic dermatitis.” eLIFE (DOI: 10.7554/eLife.48448). [Featured in eLIFEInsight on 29 November 2019]

    7. Morstein J, Hill RZ, Novak AJE, Feng S, Norman DD, Donthamsetti PC, Frank JA, Harayama T, Williams BM, Parrill AL, Togyi GJ, Riezman H, Isacoff EY, Bautista DM, Trauner D. (2019) “Optical control of sphingosine 1-phosphate formation and function.” NatureChemical Biology (DOI: 10.1038/s41589-019-0269-7).

    8. Hill RZ, Morita T, Brem RB, Bautista DM. (2018) “S1PR3 mediates itch and pain via distinct TRP channel-dependent mechanisms.” Journal of Neuroscience (DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1266-18.2018).

    9. Hill RZ, Hoffman BU, Morita T, Campos SM, Lumpkin EA, Brem RB, Bautista DM. (2018) “The signaling lipid sphingosine 1-phosphate regulates mechanical pain.” eLIFE (DOI: 10.7554/eLife.33285).

  • Hill RZ, Shirvan S, Burquez S, Dubin AE, Servin Vences, MR, Miner JH, Patapoutian A. (2023) “Renal mechanotransduction is an essential regulator of renin.” (DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.04.565646). [bioRxiv preprint]

  • Hill RZ. (2025) “Mechanotransduction and the integrity of the slit diaphragm.” Journal of the American Society for Nephrology (DOI: 10.1681/ASN.0000000618). [invited editorial]

    Shipp LE, Hill RZ, Hamdoun A. (2019) “A teaching laboratory on the activation of xenobiotic transporters at fertilization of sea urchins.” Methods in Cell Biology (DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2018.11.013).

    Hill RZ, Bautista DM. (2019) “A TREK to translate genetics to mechanisms of migraine.” Neuron (DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2018.12.034). [Preview]

    Hill RZ, Bautista DM. (2018) “A trio of ion channels take the heat.” Nature (DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-02663-1). [News & Views]