Pathological stiffening by crosslinking glycation of titin
Agata Bak, Andra C. Dumitru, Alejandro Clemente-Manteca, Enrique Calvo, Roberto Silva‐Rojas, Natalia Vicente, David Sánchez-Ortiz, Inés Martínez-Martín, Diana Velázquez-Carreras, María Rosaria Pricolo, Francisco M. Espinosa, João Almeida‐Coelho, Carlos Pérez‐Medina, Ricardo Alexandrino Garcia, Jesús Vázquez, , Jorge Alegre‐Cebollada
This study shows that glycation of cardiac titin increases in diabetes, leading to protein and cardiomyocyte stiffening through crosslinking advanced glycation end products.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics