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Front. Physiol.
Sec. Striated Muscle Physiology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1426545
This article is part of the Research Topic Functional Role of Titin in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle View all articles

Asynchronous movement of sarcomeres in myocardium under living conditions: role of titin

Provisionally accepted
Fuyu Kobirumaki-Shimozawa Fuyu Kobirumaki-Shimozawa 1Kotaro Oyama Kotaro Oyama 2Tomohiro Nakanishi Tomohiro Nakanishi 1Shin'ichi Ishiwata Shin'ichi Ishiwata 3Norio Fukuda Norio Fukuda 1*
  • 1 Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato, Japan
  • 2 National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (Japan), Chiba, Japan
  • 3 Waseda University, Tokyo, Tōkyō, Japan

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Keywords: cardiac muscle, Connectin, contractility, myofibril, Passive force

    Received: 01 May 2024; Accepted: 15 Jul 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Norio Fukuda, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato, Japan

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