Prestin amplifies cardiac motor functions

Prestin amplifies cardiac motor functions

Summary: Cardiac cells generate and amplify force in the context of cardiac load, yet the membranous sheath enclosing the muscle fibers—the sarcolemma—does not experience displacement. That the sarcolemma sustains beat-to-beat pressure changes without experiencing significant distortion is a muscle-...

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Main Authors: Xiao-Dong Zhang, Phung N. Thai, Lu Ren, Maria Cristina Perez Flores, Hannah A. Ledford, Seojin Park, Jeong Han Lee, Choong-Ryoul Sihn, Che-Wei Chang, Wei Chun Chen, Valeriy Timofeyev, Jian Zuo, James W. Chan, Ebenezer N. Yamoah, Nipavan Chiamvimonvat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Cell Reports
Subjects:
prestin
Slc26a5
solute carrier gene family
cardiomyocytes
cardiac contraction
actin-myosin force generation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124721004319

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