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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2019

End-diastolic force pre-activates cardiomyocytes and determines contractile force: role of titin and calcium.

Aref Najafi, Martijn van de Locht, Maike Schuldt, Patrick Schönleitner, Menne van Willigenburg, Ilse Bollen, Max Goebel, Coen A C Ottenheijm, Jolanda van der Velden, Michiel Helmes and 1 more

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Aref NajafiAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Martijn van de LochtAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8507-8015
Maike SchuldtAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9401-6190
Patrick SchönleitnerIonoptix, de Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Menne van WilligenburgCytoCypher, de Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ilse BollenAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6378-9825
Max GoebelAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Coen A C OttenheijmAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Jolanda van der VeldenAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5224-5788
Michiel HelmesAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Diederik W D KusterAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1498-6862
Amsterdam Neuroscience · NLNetherlands Heart Institute · NLScientific Computing & Modelling (Netherlands) · NLVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Titin functions as a molecular spring, and cardiomyocytes are able, through splicing, to control the length of titin. We hypothesized that together with diastolic [Ca

Indexed as

AnimalsCalciumConnectinDiastoleFemaleHeart VentriclesHeterozygoteMaleMuscle ProteinsMyocardial ContractionMyocytes, CardiacProtein IsoformsRatsRats, Inbred BNRats, Sprague-DawleyRNA-Binding ProteinsCalciumConnectinMuscle ProteinsProtein IsoformsRNA-Binding ProteinscalciumcardiomyocytecontractilityFrank-Starling mechanismpre-activationRBM20titin

Identifiers

PMID31314138
PMCPMC6852589
OpenAlexW2959718672

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