Appreciating force and shape—the rise of mechanotransduction in cell biology

T Iskratsch, H Wolfenson, MP Sheetz - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2014‏ - nature.com
Although the shapes of organisms are encoded in their genome, the developmental
processes that lead to the final form of vertebrates involve a constant feedback between …

Overview of the muscle cytoskeleton

CA Henderson, CG Gomez, SM Novak… - Comprehensive …, 2017‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cardiac and skeletal striated muscles are intricately designed machines responsible for
muscle contraction. Coordination of the basic contractile unit, the sarcomere, and the …

Genetics of dilated cardiomyopathy: practical implications for heart failure management

AN Rosenbaum, KE Agre, NL Pereira - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2020‏ - nature.com
Given the global burden of heart failure, strategies to understand the underlying cause or to
provide prognostic information are critical to reducing the morbidity and mortality associated …

Clinical and mechanistic insights into the genetics of cardiomyopathy

MA Burke, SA Cook, JG Seidman… - Journal of the American …, 2016‏ - jacc.org
Over the last quarter-century, there has been tremendous progress in genetics research that
has defined molecular causes for cardiomyopathies. More than a thousand mutations have …

Patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells as a model for familial dilated cardiomyopathy

N Sun, M Yazawa, J Liu, L Han… - Science translational …, 2012‏ - science.org
Characterized by ventricular dilatation, systolic dysfunction, and progressive heart failure,
dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common form of cardiomyopathy in patients. DCM …

Zebrafish as a model to study cardiac development and human cardiac disease

J Bakkers - Cardiovascular research, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
Over the last decade, the zebrafish has entered the field of cardiovascular research as a
new model organism. This is largely due to a number of highly successful small-and large …

Mechanotransduction in cardiac hypertrophy and failure

RC Lyon, F Zanella, JH Omens, F Sheikh - Circulation research, 2015‏ - ahajournals.org
Cardiac muscle cells have an intrinsic ability to sense and respond to mechanical load
through a process known as mechanotransduction. In the heart, this process involves the …

Transcriptional mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle differentiation, growth and homeostasis

T Braun, M Gautel - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2011‏ - nature.com
Skeletal muscle is the dominant organ system in locomotion and energy metabolism.
Postnatal muscle grows and adapts largely by remodelling pre-existing fibres, whereas …

Dilated cardiomyopathy: the complexity of a diverse genetic architecture

RE Hershberger, DJ Hedges, A Morales - Nature reviews cardiology, 2013‏ - nature.com
Remarkable progress has been made in understanding the genetic basis of dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM). Rare variants in> 30 genes, some also involved in other …

Genetic mutations and mechanisms in dilated cardiomyopathy

EM McNally, JR Golbus, MJ Puckelwartz - The Journal of clinical …, 2013‏ - jci.org
Genetic mutations account for a significant percentage of cardiomyopathies, which are a
leading cause of congestive heart failure. In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), cardiac …