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ArticleJournal of molecular and cellular cardiology2016

Cardiac muscle mechanics: Sarcomere length matters.

Pieter P de Tombe, Henk E D J ter Keurs

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Article in Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Sarcomere maturation: function acquisition, molecular mechanism, and interplay with other organelles.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022
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  14. The effect of muscle length on post-tetanic potentiation of C57BL/6 and skMLCKJournal of muscle research and cell motility · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Pieter P de TombeCell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood IL, USA. Electronic address: pdetombe@luc.edu.
Henk E D J ter KeursMedicine and Medical Physiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Funding

Sarcomeric Modifications and Progressive Cardiac MaladaptationP01HL062426 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SOLARO, R JOHN · 2000 to 2020
$42.4M
Frank-Starling's Law of the Heart: Cellular MechanismsR01HL075494 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI DE TOMBE, PIETER P. · 2005 to 2012
$3.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL 62426NHLBI NIH HHS HL75494NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL062426NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL075494
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

AnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaCalciumElasticityHeart VentriclesHumansMyocardial ContractionMyocardiumSarcomeresStress, MechanicalStroke VolumeCalciumContractile biologyFrank-starling law of the heartSarcomere mechanics

Identifiers

PMID26678623
PMCPMC5457809

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