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Preferential Myosin Heavy Chain Isoform B Expression May Contribute to the Faster Velocity of Contraction in Veins versus Arteries [PDF]

, 2007
Smooth muscle myosin heavy chains occur in 2 isoforms, SMA (slow) and SMB (fast). We hypothesized that the SMB isoform is predominant in the faster-contracting rat vena cava compared to thoracic aorta.
Eddinger, Thomas, Fink, Gregory D, Kayal, Anas, Rondelli, Catherine M, Rovner, Arthur S, Szasz, Irina T, Thakali, Keshari, Watson, Ralph E, Watts, Stephanie W   +8 more
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Additive‐Manufactured, Multifunctional Bioreactor Technology for Dynamic Culture of 3D Bioprinted Tissue Models

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
We introduce an additively manufactured bioreactor with a perfusion flow system and integrated temperature and pH sensors for skeletal muscle tissue biofabrication. The bioreactor's performance was evaluated by assessing the viability, spreading of the myoblast cells in a printed scaffold, and contraction of the isolated murine musculi interossei ...
Lys Sprenger, Johann Schorzmann, Hsuan‐Heng Lu, Muhammad Osama, Julian Bauer, Michael Haug, Oliver Friedrich, Aldo R. Boccaccini, Frank Döpper, Sahar Salehi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Myosin tails and single α-helical domains [PDF]

, 2015
The human genome contains 39 myosin genes, divided up into 12 different classes. The structure, cellular function and biochemical properties of many of these isoforms remain poorly characterized and there is still some controversy as to whether some ...
Batchelor, M, Dougan, L, Knight, PJ, Paci, E, Peckham, M, Wolny, M   +5 more
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Size‐Modulated Mesoderm‐Endoderm Divergence and Myocardial Cavitation in Micropatterned Cardioids

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Micropatterned cardioids, CRISPR‐engineered reporter hiPSCs, deep‐tissue imaging, and single‐cell RNA sequencing are integrated to model mesoderm‐endoderm co‐development. Heart‐foregut crosstalk promotes single large cavitation inside cardioids, resembling early heart chamber formation. ABSTRACT The human heart, originating from the splanchnic mesoderm,
Plansky Hoang, David W. McKellar, Andrew Kowalczewski, Nhu Y. Mai, Meng Chai, Xiaojun L. Lian, Yi Zheng, Jeffrey Amack, Nathan Tucker, Iwijn De Vlaminck, Huaxiao Yang, Benjamin D. Cosgrove, Zhen Ma   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mutation of the Ser18 phosphorylation site on the sole Saccharomyces cerevisiae UCS protein, She4, can compromise high-temperature survival. [PDF]

, 2016
Folding of the myosin head often requires the joint actions of Hsp90 and a dedicated UNC45, Cro1, She4 (UCS) domain-containing cochaperone protein. Relatively weak sequence conservation exists between the single UCS protein of simple eukaryotes (She4 in ...
Gomez-Escalante, S., Millson, S.H., Piper, P.W.   +2 more
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Multi‐Omics Insights Into the Mechanisms of Early Muscle Fiber Difference and Transformation Between Lean‐Type and Chinese Indigenous Pigs

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multi‐omics analyses uncover breed‐specific cis‐regulatory landscapes and higher‐order chromatin architectural differences that underlie early postnatal muscle fiber divergence in pigs. A super‐enhancer upstream of PPP3CB recruits MEF2C to activate PPP3CB transcription, while the PPP3CB–MEF2C positive feedback loop promotes oxidative muscle fiber ...
Shuailong Zheng, Hainan Wu, Min Liu, Kunpeng Wu, Shuntao Huang, Zulfiqar Ahmed, Lenox Pius, Mengjin Zhu, Dequan Xu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonmuscle myosin-2: mix and match [PDF]

, 2012
Members of the nonmuscle myosin-2 (NM-2) family of actin-based molecular motors catalyze the conversion of chemical energy into directed movement and force thereby acting as central regulatory components of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton.
Dietmar J. Manstein, Sarah M. Heissler
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The Role of Extracellular Vesicles MicroRNAs in Sarcopenia: From Aging to Multi‐Morbidity

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Exosomes transporting miRNAs play a crucial bidirectional regulatory role in the process of sarcopenia, both in natural aging and under various pathological conditions. ABSTRACT Sarcopenia, defined as progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, occurs during aging and has also been recognized for its detrimental effects in various disease ...
Bingyu Huang, Zhao Peng, Lin Kang
wiley   +1 more source

The living aortic valve: From molecules to function. [PDF]

, 2014
The aortic valve lies in a unique hemodynamic environment, one characterized by a range of stresses (shear stress, bending forces, loading forces and strain) that vary in intensity and direction throughout the cardiac cycle.
Bertazzo, S, Butcher, JT, Chester, AH, El-Hamamsy, I, Latif, N, Yacoub, MH   +5 more
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The Novel ACTC1 p.Gly50Ser Variant Is Associated With Arrhythmia and Secondary Features of HCM Without Hypertrophy

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The key diagnostic criterion for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the presence of otherwise unexplained hypertrophy. Current definitions of HCM rely on specific thresholds to establish a diagnosis, while guideline directed risk stratification algorithms take its magnitude into consideration.
Thomas D. Gossios, Dimitrios Ntelios, Thomas Zegkos, Despoina Parcharidou, Pavlos Rouskas, Sotirios Katranas, Ioannis Papoulidis, Vlasis Ninios, Antonios Ziakas, Georgios K. Efthimiadis   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source