Differential effects of myosin activators on myocardial contractile function in nonfailing and failing human hearts

J Choi, PT Wood, JB Holmes… - American Journal …, 2025 - journals.physiology.org
The second-generation myosin activator danicamtiv (DN) has shown improved function
compared with the first-generation myosin activator omecamtiv mecarbil (OM) in nonfailing …

Danicamtiv affected isometric force and cross-bridge kinetics similarly in skinned myocardial strips from male and female rats

PO Awinda, BJ Vander Top, KL Turner… - Journal of Muscle …, 2024 - Springer
Myotropes are pharmaceuticals that have recently been developed or are under
investigation for the treatment of heart diseases. Myotropes have had varied success in …

[PDF][PDF] What frozen human hearts can tell us about treating heart failure

RQ Crawford, H Tigro, C Solís - American Journal of …, 2025 - journals.physiology.org
Heart failure (HF) is still the leading cause of death in the US with nearly 6.7 million 9
Americans 20 years of age or older suffering from it (1). Heart failure can be defined as 10 a …

[HTML][HTML] Danicamtiv reduces myosin's working stroke but enhances contraction by activating the thin filament

B Scott, L Greenberg, C Squarci, KS Campbell… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Heart failure is a leading cause of death worldwide, and even with current treatments, the 5-
year transplant-free survival rate is only~ 50–70%. As such, there is a need to develop new …