Hendrik Milting

This study identifies polyploid cardiomyocytes as disease-specific transcriptional states in the mammalian heart and suggests targeting them for heart failure treatment.

The paper functionally characterizes the DES-p.A120P mutation in desmin, showing it disrupts filament assembly even when co-expressed with wild-type desmin, supporting its classification as a pathogenic variant.

The paper investigates the impact of desmin head domain variants on filament assembly using cell culture and microscopy, finding that four variants significantly inhibit assembly.

This study generates a high-resolution spatial multi-omic map of human myocardial infarction by integrating single-cell gene expression, chromatin accessibility, and spatial transcriptomic data to reveal cellular zones of injury, repair, and remodeling.