Monitoring contractility in single cardiomyocytes and whole hearts with bio-integrated microlasers
M. Schubert, L. Woolfson, I. R. Barnard, A. Morton, B. Casement, G. B. Robertson, G. B. Miles, S. J. Pitt, C. S. Tucker, M. C. Gather
This paper introduces microlasers to monitor cardiac contractility in single cells and whole hearts, revealing sarcomeric protein density changes as a key factor in contraction.
bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2019Biophysics