Sex Determines Cardiac Myocyte Stretch and Relaxation

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Biology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA (M.J.C.); and Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL (D.F., K.A.B.). coronamj@whitman.edu.
² From the Department of Biology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA (M.J.C.); and Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL (D.F., K.A.B.).

Editorial

Michael J Coronado et al. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;10(5):e001950.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001950.

¹ From the Department of Biology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA (M.J.C.); and Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL (D.F., K.A.B.). coronamj@whitman.edu.
² From the Department of Biology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA (M.J.C.); and Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL (D.F., K.A.B.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; hypertension; menopause; myofibrils; relaxation; sex differences; transcriptome.

Comment on

Transcriptome and Functional Profile of Cardiac Myocytes Is Influenced by Biological Sex.
Trexler CL, Odell AT, Jeong MY, Dowell RD, Leinwand LA. Trexler CL, et al. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Oct;10(5):e001770. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001770. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017. PMID: 29030402 Free PMC article.

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