OptoGap is an optogenetics-enabled assay for quantification of cell–cell coupling in multicellular cardiac tissue

Abstract Intercellular electrical coupling is an essential means of communication between cells. It is important to obtain quantitative knowledge of such coupling between cardiomyocytes and non-excitable cells when, for example, pathological electrical coupling between myofibroblasts and cardiomyocy...

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Main Authors: Patrick M. Boyle, Jinzhu Yu, Aleksandra Klimas, John C. Williams, Natalia A. Trayanova, Emilia Entcheva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88573-1