Intercellular and extracellular mechanotransduction in cardiac myocytes

Pflugers Arch. 2011;462(1):75–87.

  • Kresh JY
  • Chopra A
Link: 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21437600

Keywords:

  • adult cardiomyocytes
  • extracellular matrix
  • mechanical determinants
  • cytoskeletal organization
  • shape remodelling
  • sarcomere/myofibrillar architectural topography
  • cell shape-dependent functions
  • myopathies
  • myocardial infarctus
  • heart failure
  • reverse remodeling
  • disk-
  • H-
  • Y-
  • crossbow-shaped micropatterns
  • sarcomeric alpha-actinin.

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