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Gap junction dynamics induces localized conductance bistability in cardiac tissue
(2019-07-01)
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Open AccessConnexins are specialized ionic channels that control the action potential propagation between cardiac myocytes. In this paper, we study the connexin dynamics in a one-dimensional model of cardiac tissue. We show that the ... -
Self-assembling as regular nanoparticles dramatically minimizes photobleaching of tumour-targeted GFP
(Elsevier, 2020-02-03)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyFluorescent proteins are useful imaging and theranostic agents, but their potential superiority over alternative dyes is weakened by substantial photobleaching under irradiation. Enhancing protein photostability has been ... -
The 4q25 variant rs13143308T links risk of atrial fibrillation to defective calcium homoeostasis
(2019-03-01)
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Open AccessAims: Single nucleotide polymorphisms on chromosome 4q25 have been associated with risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) but the exiguous knowledge of the mechanistic links between these risk variants and underlying ... -
The cardiac ryanodine receptor, but not sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2-ATPase, is a major determinant of Ca2 alternans in intact mouse hearts
(2018-07-09)
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Open AccessSarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ cycling is governed by the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) and SR Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a). Abnormal SR Ca2+ cycling is thought to be the primary cause of Ca2+ alternans that can elicit ... -
Calcium alternans produced by increased sarcoplasmic reticulum refractoriness
(2011-09-29)
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Open AccessDespite the important role of electro-mechanical alternans in cardiac arrhythmogenesis, its molecular origin is not well understood. In this paper we want to study alternans that can be associated with alternations in the ... -
Calcium alternans is a global order-disorder phase transition: robustness on ryanodine receptor release dynamics
(2016-01-01)
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Open AccessElectromechanical alternans is a beat-to-beat alterna- tion in the strength of contraction of a cardiac cell which appears often due to an instability of calcium cycling. The global calcium signal in cardiomyocytes is ... -
Propagation malfunctions due to gap junction dysregulation
(2015-01-02)
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Open AccessGap junctions are membrane channels that connect the cytoplasm of adjacent cells allowing the cell-to-cell elec- trical coupling necessary for action potential propagation. Pathological conditions, such as malformations ... -
Effect of RyR2 refractoriness and hypercalcemia on calcium overload, spontaneous release, and calcium alternans
(2013)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyIn this work we use a computer model of a ventricular rabbit myocyte to study several factors that affect sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium load, such as hypercalcemia, SR calcium buffering, or ryanodine receptor ...
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