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A human heart might contract some three billion times over a lifetime, and each one of those contractions is driven by a protein called myosin. One of three classes of so-called motor proteins in our ...

When a muscle contracts, the parts of a sarcomere "shorten" and come closer together. Each cardiac muscle cell can have over 5,000 sarcomeres, which compounds both the shortening and relaxation events ...

Classically, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has been viewed as a single-gene (monogenic) disease caused by pathogenic variants in sarcomere genes. Pathogenic sarcomere variants are individually ...

- Muscle cells, also known as myocytes, are specialized cells designed for contraction and force production. Skeletal Muscle Cells: These cells are long, cylindrical, and have a striated (or striped) ...

The sarcomere is the functional unit of striated muscle contraction. Previous studies have provided valuable information about the sarcomeric proteins and modulators that are necessary for activation ...

Illustration of the interacting thick and thin filaments in the cardiac sarcomere based on structural cryo electron-tomography data. Credit: MPI of Molecular Physiology Scientists captured the first ...

The human heart, often described as the body's engine, is a remarkable organ that tirelessly beats to keep us alive. At the core of this vital organ, intricate processes occur when it contracts, where ...