The influence of matrix (an)isotropy on cardiomyocyte contraction in engineered cardiac microtissues

Heart-Specific Stiffening in Early Embryos Parallels Matrix and Myosin Expression to Optimize Beating

(2013) Stephanie Majkut et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Contractile abnormalities and altered drug response in engineered heart tissue from Mybpc3-targeted knock-in mice

(2013) Andrea Stöhr et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

The constant beat: cardiomyocytes adapt their forces by equal contraction upon environmental stiffening

(2013) N. Hersch et al.   Biology Open

Myocyte Shape Regulates Lateral Registry of Sarcomeres and Contractility

(2012) Po-Ling Kuo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

The influence of matrix integrity on stress-fiber remodeling in 3D

(2012) Jasper Foolen et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Controlling the contractile strength of engineered cardiac muscle by hierarchal tissue architecture

(2012) Adam W. Feinberg et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Electrical coupling of isolated cardiomyocyte clusters grown on aligned conductive nanofibrous meshes for their synchronized beating

(2012) Chun-Wen Hsiao et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Regeneration in heart disease—Is ECM the key?

(2012) Ahmad F. Bayomy et al.   LIFE SCIENCES

Electrospun nanofibers as a tool for architecture control in engineered cardiac tissue

(2011) Yuliya Orlova et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Substrate Stiffness Increases Twitch Power of Neonatal Cardiomyocytes in Correlation with Changes in Myofibril Structure and Intracellular Calcium

(2011) Anthony G. Rodriguez et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Antiproliferative treatment of myofibroblasts prevents arrhythmias in vitro by limiting myofibroblast-induced depolarization

(2011) Saïd F.A. Askar et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Mechanical Coupling Between Myofibroblasts and Cardiomyocytes Slows Electric Conduction in Fibrotic Cell Monolayers

(2011) Susan A. Thompson et al.   CIRCULATION

Hierarchical architecture influences calcium dynamics in engineered cardiac muscle

(2011) Terrence Pong et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Ensembles of engineered cardiac tissues for physiological and pharmacological study: Heart on a chip

(2011) Anna Grosberg et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Imaging of Zebrafish In Vivo with Second-Harmonic Generation Reveals Shortened Sarcomeres Associated with Myopathy Induced by Statin

(2011) Shih-Hao Huang et al.   PLoS One

Mechanoregulation of Vascularization in Aligned Tissue-Engineered Muscle: A Role for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

(2011) Daisy W.J. van der Schaft et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

A Microfabricated Platform to Measure and Manipulate the Mechanics of Engineered Cardiac Microtissues

(2011) Thomas Boudou et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Epicardium-derived cells enhance proliferation, cellular maturation and alignment of cardiomyocytes

(2010) Alida Weeke-Klimp et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Cardiac fibroblast paracrine factors alter impulse conduction and ion channel expression of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes

(2009) Dawn M. Pedrotty et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Microfabricated tissue gauges to measure and manipulate forces from 3D microtissues

(2009) W. R. Legant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cell-Induced Alignment Augments Twitch Force in Fibrin Gel–Based Engineered Myocardium via Gap Junction Modification

(2009) Lauren D. Black et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Substrate Stiffness Affects the Functional Maturation of Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes

(2008) Jeffrey G. Jacot et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Embryonic cardiomyocytes beat best on a matrix with heart-like elasticity: scar-like rigidity inhibits beating

(2008) A. J. Engler et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Cardiogenesis and the Complex Biology of Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine

(2008) K. R. Chien et al.   SCIENCE