Adult heart muscle cells

InhaltsverzeichnisIsolated adult heart cells. The development of a new experimental model.Ca-tolerant guinea-pig ventricular myocytes as isolated by pronase in the presence of 250 ? M free calcium.Guinea-pig atrial cardioballs.Determination of isolated myocyte viability: Staining methods and functional criteria.Sarcolemma-bound calcium. Its importance for cell viability.Anoxic injury of adult cardiac myocytes.Non-invasive measurements of cell surface receptors.Surface antigens of adult heart cells and their use in diagnosis.Substrate utilization of adult cardiac myocytes.Characteristics of lactate transfer in isolated cardiac myocytes.The insulin receptor of adult heart muscle cells.Kinetics of cellular uptake of tracers used in myocardial scintigraphy.Adhesion of cardiac myocytes to extracellular matrix components.Development of new intercellular contacts between adult cardiac myocytes in culture.Long-term primary cultures of adult human and rat cardiomyocytes.Morphological dedifferentiation of adult cardiac myocytes in coculture with hepatocytes.Electrophysiological properties of isolated ventricular myocytes.The effect of cyanide on the K-current in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes.Measurements of single-channel currents in the membrane of isolated cells: ATP-dependence of K+-channels.Evidence for Ca-mediated inactivation of ICa in dialysed guinea-pig atrial cardioballs.Cardiac membrane currents and energetic state.Simultaneous measurements of action potentials and contractions in single cultured adult and embryonic heart muscle cells.The two components in the shortening of unloaded ventricular myocytes: Their voltage dependence.Temperature dependence of verapamil action.Microtubules and desmin filaments during the onset of heart growth in the rat.The correlation between catecholamine and lipid peroxidation induced damage in heart cells.Anoxia in neonatal rat heart cell cultures.Enzyme release and glycolytic energy production.Anoxia influences the lateral diffusion of a lipid probe in the plasma membrane of isolated cardiac myocytes.Summaries of the discussions of the symposium.Abstracts of the poster-session on the adult myocyte model.Author Index.