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Developmentally Inspired Bioprinting of Nascent Multicellular Human Heart Tissue Through in Situ Differentiation and Morphogenesis of iPSCs

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A developmentally inspired bioprinting approach enables the fabrication of pluripotent tissues that undergo shape‐morphing and in situ cardiac lineage specification. This method employs embedded bioprinting to deposit iPSCs within soft granular hydrogels to create pluripotent tissue constructs that undergo cell‐mediated shape morphogenesis.
Ankita Pramanick, Juhi Chakraborty, Orlaith Kennedy, Hey Wei Wong, Sogol Kianersi, Daniel Kelly, Vasileios Sergis, Abhay Pandit, Andrew C. Daly   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Still Heart Encodes a Structural HMT, SMYD1b, with Chaperone-Like Function during Fast Muscle Sarcomere Assembly. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The vertebrate sarcomere is a complex and highly organized contractile structure whose assembly and function requires the coordination of hundreds of proteins.
Kendal Prill, Pamela Windsor Reid, Serene L Wohlgemuth, David B Pilgrim   +3 more
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Signaling to Myosin Regulatory Light Chain in Sarcomeres*

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2011
Myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) phosphorylation in skeletal and cardiac muscles modulates Ca2+-dependent troponin regulation of contraction. RLC is phosphorylated by a dedicated Ca2+-dependent myosin light chain kinase in fast skeletal muscle, where ...
K. Kamm, J. Stull
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sarcomeric dysfunction in heart failure [PDF]

Cardiovascular Research, 2007
Sarcomeric dysfunction plays a central role in reduced cardiac pump function in heart failure. This review focuses on the alterations in sarcomeric proteins in diseased myocardium that range from altered isoform expression to post-translational protein changes such as proteolysis and phosphorylation. Recent studies in animal models of heart failure and
Hamdani, N., Kooij, V., van Dijk, S.J., Merkus, D., Paulus, W.J., Remedios, C.D., Duncker, D.J., Stienen, G.J.M., van der Velden, J.   +8 more
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Enhancing Maturation of Human Neuromuscular Organoids via Electrical Stimulation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A framework for on‐demand and non‐invasive exposure of human neuromuscular organoids (NMOs) to electrical stimuli is established to promote their maturation. The robustness and effectiveness of different stimulation regimes are evaluated via thorough characterization of organoid tissue structure and contraction capacity. Chronic electrical stimulation,
Chrysanthi‐Maria Moysidou, Inês Afonso Martins, Ismail Amr El‐Shimy, Iacopo Bicci, Donatella Cea, Christina Bukas, Isra Mekki, Mara‐Camelia Rusu, Aylin Nebol, Ines Lahmann, Marie Piraud, Enrico Klotzsch, Mina Gouti   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cyclic Mechanical Loading of Cardiomyocytes via Pressure‐Driven Non‐Planar Membrane Deformation in a Bioreactor System

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this research article, Mansoor and coworkers present a novel device that applies controlled mechanical stimuli to cardiomyocytes using pressure‐driven membrane deformation. By exposing cells to physiologically and pathologically relevant loading conditions, the platform reproduces distinct structural, functional and molecular responses associated ...
Haris Mansoor, Gabrielle Juul, Jil Patel, Heran Pradhan, Gram Hepner, Jackson Jewell, Mark Bardin, Ryan Slusser, Abigail Glezer, Leda Klouda, Melikhan Tanyeri, Anita Saraf   +11 more
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Redox Signaling and Cardiac Sarcomeres*

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2011
Oxidative stress is common in many clinically important cardiac disorders, including ischemia/reperfusion, diabetes, and hypertensive heart disease. Oxidative stress leads to derangements in pump function due to changes in the expression or function of ...
M. Sumandea, S. Steinberg
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Celastrol‐Loaded Conductive Hydrogel Mitigates Myocardial Ischemia‐Reperfusion Injury and Restores Electrophysiological Function

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of the Pluronic F127 diacrylate/gelatin methacryloyl/poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)/celastrol hydrogel (FGPC) for localized myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury treatment. FGPC combines sustained celastrol delivery with PEDOT:PSS‐mediated conductive support to attenuate acute oxidative/inflammatory ...
Shixin Wang, Shaojie Chen, Chengzong Li, Hongyi Cheng, Jincheng Jiao, Xiafeng Peng, Yike Zhang, Wei Sun, Feng Zhang, Chang Cui, Minglong Chen   +10 more
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New hypothesis for mechanism of sliding filament theory of skeletal muscle contraction

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2015
Background: Current understanding of skeletal muscle contraction is based on the sliding filament theory proposed independently by A.F. Huxley and H.E. Huxley (1954).
Shreechakradhar U Mungal, Sushil P Dube, Anandkumar Dhole, Uddhav Mane, Anil K Bondade   +4 more
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Lactation is Associated with Accelerated Postpartum Pelvic Floor Muscle Recovery in a Pregnant Simulated Birth Injury Model

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Healthy pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) are essential for proper pelvic floor function. The biggest risk factor for PFM dysfunction is injury sustained during vaginal childbirth, yet the factors that facilitate or impair PFM recovery from birth injury remain unknown.
Bianca L. Peña, Khushi M. Diwakar, Hillary K. Tran, Selena Cao, Celeste E. Lintz, Laila N. Hayes, Marianna Alperin, Karen L. Christman   +7 more
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