Neurohumoral control of sinoatrial node activity and heart rate: insight from experimental models and findings from humans

EA MacDonald, RA Rose, TA Quinn - Frontiers in physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The sinoatrial node is perhaps one of the most important tissues in the entire body: it is the
natural pacemaker of the heart, making it responsible for initiating each-and-every normal …

Guidelines for assessment of cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias in small animals

CM Ripplinger, AV Glukhov, MW Kay… - American Journal …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Cardiac arrhythmias are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although
recent advances in cell-based models, including human-induced pluripotent stem cell …

Transcriptomic profiling of the developing cardiac conduction system at single-cell resolution

WR Goodyer, BM Beyersdorf, DT Paik, L Tian… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: The cardiac conduction system (CCS) consists of distinct components including
the sinoatrial node, atrioventricular node, His bundle, bundle branches, and Purkinje fibers …

Synchronized cardiac impulses emerge from heterogeneous local calcium signals within and among cells of pacemaker tissue

R Bychkov, M Juhaszova, K Tsutsui, C Coletta… - Clinical …, 2020 - jacc.org
Objectives This study sought to identify subcellular Ca2+ signals within and among cells
comprising the sinoatrial node (SAN) tissue. Background The current paradigm of SAN …

Optical stimulation of cardiac cells with a polymer-supported silicon nanowire matrix

R Parameswaran, K Koehler… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Electronic pacemakers can treat electrical conduction disorders in hearts; however, they are
invasive, bulky, and linked to increased incidence of infection at the tissue–device interface …

Mechanisms of sinoatrial node dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

T Mesquita, R Zhang, JH Cho, R Zhang, YN Lin… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The ability to increase heart rate during exercise and other stressors is a key
homeostatic feature of the sinoatrial node (SAN). When the physiological heart rate …

What makes the sinoatrial node tick? A question not for the faint of heart

L Donald, EG Lakatta - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Even before the sinoatrial node (SAN) was discovered, cardiovascular science was
engaged in an active investigation of when and why the heart would beat. After the …

Pharmacologic approach to sinoatrial node dysfunction

P Mesirca, VV Fedorov, TJ Hund… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The spontaneous activity of the sinoatrial node initiates the heartbeat. Sino-atrial node
dysfunction (SND) and sick sinoatrial (sick sinus) syndrome are caused by the heart's …

Genetic complexity of sinoatrial node dysfunction

MJ Wallace, M El Refaey, P Mesirca, TJ Hund… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The pacemaker cells of the cardiac sinoatrial node (SAN) are essential for normal cardiac
automaticity. Dysfunction in cardiac pacemaking results in human sinoatrial node …

Silencing miR-370-3p rescues funny current and sinus node function in heart failure

J Yanni, A D'Souza, Y Wang, N Li, BJ Hansen… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Bradyarrhythmias are an important cause of mortality in heart failure and previous studies
indicate a mechanistic role for electrical remodelling of the key pacemaking ion channel …