Probing relaxed myosin states in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by second harmonic-generation microscopy
Giulia Arecchi, Marica Dente, Weikang Ma, Beatrice Scellini, Nicoletta Piroddi, Marina Scardigli, Jingyuan Yu, Jing Zhao, Riccardo Cicchi, Ryo Kinegawa, Caroline Muellenbroich, Francesco Sera, Corrado Poggesi, Cecilia Ferrantini, Thomas C. Irving, , Chiara Tesi
This paper uses polarized second-harmonic generation microscopy to analyze myosin states in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, showing increased ON state fraction in mutated tissue.
eLife · Aug 17, 2026Peer-reviewedPhysiology