Morphological changes of rat atrial cardiomyocytes contractile apparatus in normal conditions and under the influence of acute and chronic prenatal hypoxia. Role of α-smooth muscle actin in myofibrilogenesis.
Journal: Morphologia
Year: 2016

Background. There are only a few researches considering the influence of hypoxia on myofibrils formation and cardiomyocytes differentiation. However the role of α-smooth muscle actin on sarcomyogenesis is still unclear, that leads to the further study of this question. Objective. The purpose of the work was to determine ontogenetic changes of myofibrils and cardiomyocytes differentiation in rat atrial myocardium in normal conditions and under the influence of acute and chronic prenatal hypoxia.