Software tools for automated transmission electron microscopy

M Schorb, I Haberbosch, WJH Hagen, Y Schwab… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The demand for high-throughput data collection in electron microscopy is increasing for
applications in structural and cellular biology. Here we present a combination of software …

Complex relationship between cardiac fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes in health and disease

C Hall, K Gehmlich, C Denning… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac fibroblasts are the primary cell type responsible for deposition of extracellular matrix
in the heart, providing support to the contracting myocardium and contributing to a myriad of …

Cardiac optogenetics: a decade of enlightenment

E Entcheva, MW Kay - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021 - nature.com
The electromechanical function of the heart involves complex, coordinated activity over time
and space. Life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias arise from asynchrony in these space–time …

3D co-culture of hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes with cardiac fibroblasts improves tissue-like features of cardiac spheroids

P Beauchamp, CB Jackson, LC Ozhathil… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: Both cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts (CF) play essential roles in cardiac
development, function, and remodeling. Properties of 3D co-cultures are incompletely …

Mechanical regulation of gene expression in cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts

JJ Saucerman, PM Tan, KS Buchholz… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The intact heart undergoes complex and multiscale remodelling processes in response to
altered mechanical cues. Remodelling of the myocardium is regulated by a combination of …

Cardiac mechano-electric coupling: acute effects of mechanical stimulation on heart rate and rhythm

TA Quinn, P Kohl - Physiological reviews, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The heart is vital for biological function in almost all chordates, including humans. It beats
continually throughout our life, supplying the body with oxygen and nutrients while removing …

Tunneling nanotubes and gap junctions–their role in long-range intercellular communication during development, health, and disease conditions

J Ariazi, A Benowitz, V De Biasi… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cell-to-cell communication is essential for the organization, coordination, and development
of cellular networks and multi-cellular systems. Intercellular communication is mediated by …

The heterocellular heart: identities, interactions, and implications for cardiology

A Lother, P Kohl - Basic Research in Cardiology, 2023 - Springer
The heterocellular nature of the heart has been receiving increasing attention in recent
years. In addition to cardiomyocytes as the prototypical cell type of the heart, non-myocytes …

Role of connexin 43 in different forms of intercellular communication–gap junctions, extracellular vesicles and tunnelling nanotubes

TM Ribeiro-Rodrigues… - Journal of cell …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Communication is important to ensure the correct and efficient flow of information, which is
required to sustain active social networks. A fine-tuned communication between cells is vital …

Electroimmunology and cardiac arrhythmia

J Grune, M Yamazoe, M Nahrendorf - Nature reviews cardiology, 2021 - nature.com
Conduction disorders and arrhythmias remain difficult to treat and are increasingly prevalent
owing to the increasing age and body mass of the general population, because both are risk …