Cross-species architecture of the cardiac transverse-axial tubular system in mammals
Joachim Greiner, Frédéric Sonak, Wesley Dean Jones, Patricia Aparecida Morais Costa, Josef Madl, Kathrine A. Ryeng, Igor R. Efimov, Zafar Iqbal, Thomas Seidel, Peter Karl Kohl, Eva A. Rog‐Zielinska
The paper quantifies TATS ultrastructural features across eight mammalian species and finds correlations between TATS density, cardiomyocyte size, and physiological parameters like heart rate and lifespan.
The Journal of Physiology · Sep 24, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology