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  • Title: Ultrastructural studies on the formation of myoflilaments and myofibrils in the human embryonic and adult hypertrophied heart.
    Author: Myklebust R, Soetersdal TS, Engedal H, Ulstein M, Odegården S.
    Journal: Anat Embryol (Berl); 1978 Feb 20; 152(2):127-40. PubMed ID: 147636.
    Abstract:
    The myofibrillogenesis in the human embryonic heart is described. The synthesis of thin filaments, which are the first to appear, takes place in close proximity to smooth surfaced SR tubules. Z-band material is closely related to the thin filaments and appears first as irregularly distributed patches in the filamenteous mass. Further cellular differentiation includes an organization of the thin filaments/Z-band material. The synthesis of thick filaments, which follows that of the thin filaments, takes place in ribosome rich areas of the cell. They are rapidly incorporated into the strings of organized thin filaments/Z-band material. The periodic binding sites on both kinds of filaments are believed to play an important role in the precise ordering of the filaments. The formation of myofilaments in the adult hypertrophied human heart is also described. The similarities between this process and that observed in the embryonic heart are striking, and we believe it to be the same process.
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