Abstract
Hundreds of different mutations in genes encoding a few dozen sarcomeric proteins cause two reciprocal human disease phenotypes, hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy. How molecular dysfunction evokes different patterns of cardiac remodeling is unclear. Davis et al. describe a biophysical metric of cardiomyocyte function, the force-time integral, which predicts disease phenotype.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1049-1050 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Cell |
Volume | 165 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 19 2016 |