Atomic force microscopy identifies the alteration of rheological properties of the cardiac fibroblasts in idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy.

Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is a rare disease characterized by increased ventricular stiffness and preserved ventricular contraction. Various sarcomere gene variants are known to cause RCM; however, more than a half of patients do not harbor such pathogenic variants. We recently demonstrated th...

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Main Authors: Mizuki Matsumoto, Hirofumi Tsuru, Hidehiro Suginobe, Jun Narita, Ryo Ishii, Masaki Hirose, Kazuhisa Hashimoto, Renjie Wang, Chika Yoshihara, Atsuko Ueyama, Ryosuke Tanaka, Keiichi Ozono, Takaharu Okajima, Hidekazu Ishida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275296