Mechanotransduction: the role of mechanical stress, myocyte shape, and cytoskeletal architecture on cardiac function

Stretch-induced hypertrophy of isolated adult rabbit cardiomyocytes

(2010) Erik Blaauw et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Cardiac Titin

(2010) Martin M. LeWinter et al.   CIRCULATION

Cyclic Mechanical Stretch Induces Cardiomyocyte Orientation and Polarization of the Gap Junction Protein Connexin43

(2010) Aida Salameh et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Micropatterned matrix directs differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells towards myocardial lineage

(2010) Chor Yong Tay et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Stiffness of the substrate influences the phenotype of embryonic chicken cardiac myocytes

(2010) Piyush Bajaj et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Vinculin potentiates E-cadherin mechanosensing and is recruited to actin-anchored sites within adherens junctions in a myosin II–dependent manner

(2010) Quint le Duc et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Myofilament length dependent activation

(2010) Pieter P. de Tombe et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Adherens junctions: from molecules to morphogenesis

(2010) Tony J. C. Harris et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanical tugging force regulates the size of cell-cell junctions

(2010) Z. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distinct phases of cardiomyocyte differentiation regulate growth of the zebrafish heart

(2009) E. de Pater et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Control of myocyte remodeling in vitro with engineered substrates

(2009) Nicholas A. Geisse et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-ANIMAL

The biomechanical integrin

(2009) Erin L. Baker et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Cell polarity triggered by cell-cell adhesion via E-cadherin

(2009) R. A. Desai et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Titin-based mechanical signalling in normal and failing myocardium

(2009) Martina Krüger et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Nanoscale cues regulate the structure and function of macroscopic cardiac tissue constructs

(2009) D.-H. Kim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Generation of Functional Ventricular Heart Muscle from Mouse Ventricular Progenitor Cells

(2009) I. J. Domian et al.   SCIENCE

Structural coupling of cardiomyocytes and noncardiomyocytes: quantitative comparisons using a novel micropatterned cell pair assay

(2008) Dawn M. Pedrotty et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Substrate Stiffness Affects the Functional Maturation of Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes

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

Forced Alignment of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Undergoing Cardiomyogenic Differentiation Affects Functional Integration With Cardiomyocyte Cultures

(2008) Daniël A. Pijnappels et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Myofibrillar Architecture in Engineered Cardiac Myocytes

(2008) Kevin Kit Parker et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

A Caudal Proliferating Growth Center Contributes to Both Poles of the Forming Heart Tube

(2008) Gert van den Berg et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

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

Dilated cardiomyopathy: a review

(2008) A Luk et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

The Role of Cardiac Troponin T Quantity and Function in Cardiac Development and Dilated Cardiomyopathy

(2008) Ferhaan Ahmad et al.   PLoS One

Effect of Mechanical Loading on Three-Dimensional Cultures of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes

(2008) Valerie F. Shimko et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Sarcomere alignment is regulated by myocyte shape

(2008) Mark-Anthony Bray et al.   CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON

The effect of cyclic strain on embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

(2007) S GWAK et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Gene Expression Pattern in Biomechanically Stretched Cardiomyocytes

(2007) Derk Frank et al.   HYPERTENSION