Weikang Ma

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Driven by 57 papers. Top paper: “Nanometer-scale structure differences in the myofilament lattice spacing of two cockroach leg muscles correspond to their different functions”.

Nanometer-scale structure differences in the myofilament lattice spacing of two cockroach leg muscles correspond to their different functions

Journal of Experimental Biology(2020)10.1242/jeb.212829

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15 citations

Weikang Ma, Thomas C. Irving, Simon Sponberg, Travis Tune

Molecular basis of force-pCa relation in MYL2 cardiomyopathy mice: Role of the super-relaxed state of myosin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2022)10.1073/pnas.2110328119

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38 citations

Katarzyna Kaźmierczak, Jingsheng Liang, Weikang Ma, Thomas C. Irving, Danuta Szczesna‐Cordary +1 more

Myosin-binding protein C regulates the sarcomere lattice and stabilizes the OFF states of myosin heads

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-46957-7

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32 citations

Nichlas M. Engels, Michel N. Kuehn, Devin Nissen, Rachel Sadler, Weikang Ma +4 more

Annotating the x-ray diffraction pattern of vertebrate striated muscle

Biophysical Journal(2025)10.1016/j.bpj.2025.09.019

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10 citations

Debabrata Dutta, Weikang Ma, Andrey K. Tsaturyan, Thomas C. Irving, Raúl Padrón +2 more

Unlocking the Role of sMyBP-C: A Key Player in Skeletal Muscle Development and Growth

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.10.23.563591

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8 citations

James W. McNamara, Akhil Baby, Weikang Ma, Maicon Landim-Vieira, Sankar Natesan +5 more

Right Ventricular Sarcomere Contractile Depression and the Role of Thick Filament Activation in Human Heart Failure with Pulmonary Hypertension

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.03.09.531988

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1 citations

Mohammed Aslam, Axel J. Fenwick, Weikang Ma, Henry Gong, Gregory N. Milburn +11 more

Amino terminus of cardiac myosin binding protein-C regulates cardiac contractility

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology(2021)10.1016/j.yjmcc.2021.03.009

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26 citations

Mohit Kumar, James W. McNamara, Diederik W.D. Kuster, Mayandi Sivaguru, Rohit Singh +20 more

Pathogenic variants in TNNC2 cause congenital myopathy due to an impaired force response to calcium

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2021)10.1172/jci145700

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24 citations

Sandra Donkervoort, Josine M. de Winter, Stefan Conijn, Leon P. L. Begthel, Benno Küsters +20 more

Relaxed tarantula skeletal muscle has two ATP energy-saving mechanisms

The Journal of General Physiology(2021)10.1085/jgp.202012780

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13 citations

Sebastian Duno-Miranda, Thomas C. Irving, Roger Craig, Raúl Padrón, Weikang Ma

The stoic tooth root: how the mineral and extracellular matrix counterbalance to keep aged dentin stable

Acta Biomaterialia(2021)10.1016/j.actbio.2021.10.051

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8 citations

Yvette Alania, Ariene A. Leme‐Kraus, Robert Free, Derk Joester, Weikang Ma +3 more

Mechanistic insights into the enhancement or inhibition of phase separation by polyubiquitin chains of different lengths or linkages

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.11.12.467822

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4 citations

Yiran Yang, Maria F. Presti, Michael S. Cosgrove, Jesse B. Hopkins, Weikang Ma +3 more

Myofibril orientation as a metric for characterizing heart disease

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.09.24.461697

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Henry Gong, Vivek Jani, Maicon Landim-Vieira, Maria Papadaki, José R. Pinto +4 more

Small Angle X-ray Diffraction as a Tool for Structural Characterization of Muscle Disease

International Journal of Molecular Sciences(2022)10.3390/ijms23063052

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71 citations

Thomas C. Irving, Weikang Ma

Mechanistic insights into enhancement or inhibition of phase separation by different polyubiquitin chains

EMBO Reports(2022)10.15252/embr.202255056

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56 citations

Yiran Yang, Maria F. Presti, Michael S. Cosgrove, Jesse B. Hopkins, Weikang Ma +3 more

Cardiac myosin filaments are directly regulated by calcium

The Journal of General Physiology(2022)10.1085/jgp.202213213

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48 citations

Suman Nag, Henry Gong, Lin Qi, Thomas C. Irving, Weikang Ma

Myofibril orientation as a metric for characterizing heart disease

Biophysical Journal(2022)10.1016/j.bpj.2022.01.009

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37 citations

Henry Gong, Vivek Jani, Kyoung Hwan Lee, Maicon Landim-Vieira, Maria Papadaki +5 more

Thick filament activation is different in fast‐ and slow‐twitch skeletal muscle

The Journal of Physiology(2022)10.1113/jp283574

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21 citations

Weikang Ma, Michael Regnier, Thomas C. Irving, Henry Gong

GSK-3β Localizes to the Cardiac Z-Disc to Maintain Length Dependent Activation

Circulation Research(2022)10.1161/circresaha.121.319491

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17 citations

Maria Papadaki, Thomas G. Martin, Weikang Ma, Henry M. Gong, Stephanie Shao +11 more

EMD-57033 Augments the Contractility in Porcine Myocardium by Promoting the Activation of Myosin in Thick Filaments

International Journal of Molecular Sciences(2022)10.3390/ijms232314517

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15 citations

Wenjing Qian, Shengyao Yuan, Thomas C. Irving, Weikang Ma, Vivek Jani

MgADP Promotes Myosin Head Movement toward Actin at Low [Ca2+] to Increase Force Production and Ca2+-Sensitivity of Contraction in Permeabilized Porcine Myocardial Strips

International Journal of Molecular Sciences(2022)10.3390/ijms232315084

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4 citations

Weikang Ma, Kyrah L. Turner, Jing Zhao, Henry Gong, Mindy Thompson +4 more

Cardiac myosin filaments are directly regulated by calcium

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.02.19.481172

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4 citations

Henry Gong, Lin Qi, Suman Nag, Thomas C. Irving, Weikang Ma

Thick Filament Activation Is Different in Fast and Slow-Twitch Skeletal Muscle

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.07.09.499423

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Weikang Ma, Michael Regnier, Thomas C. Irving, Henry Gong

Structural OFF/ON transitions of myosin in relaxed porcine myocardium predict calcium-activated force

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2023)10.1073/pnas.2207615120

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60 citations

Timothy S. McMillen, Matthew C. Childers, Henry Gong, Michael Regnier, Thomas C. Irving +1 more

Danicamtiv Increases Myosin Recruitment and Alters Cross-Bridge Cycling in Cardiac Muscle

Circulation Research(2023)10.1161/circresaha.123.322629

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48 citations

Saffie Mohran, Kyrah L. Turner, Weikang Ma, Amy Martinson, Galina Flint +16 more

Cardiac troponin T N-domain variant destabilizes the actin interface resulting in disturbed myofilament function

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2023)10.1073/pnas.2221244120

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27 citations

Weikang Ma, Taejeong Song, Hosna Rastegarpouyani, Henry Gong, Isabella Leite Coscarella +12 more

Right Ventricular Sarcomere Contractile Depression and the Role of Thick Filament Activation in Human Heart Failure With Pulmonary Hypertension

Circulation(2023)10.1161/circulationaha.123.064717

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24 citations

Mohammed Aslam, Axel J. Fenwick, Weikang Ma, Henry Gong, Gregory N. Milburn +11 more

The structural and functional integrities of porcine myocardium are mostly preserved by cryopreservation

The Journal of General Physiology(2023)10.1085/jgp.202313345

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17 citations

Kyoung Hwan Lee, Christine Delligatti, Michael Davis, Yahan Zheng, Henry Gong +4 more

Disruption of Z-Disc Function Promotes Mechanical Dysfunction in Human Myocardium: Evidence for a Dual Myofilament Modulatory Role by Alpha-Actinin 2

International Journal of Molecular Sciences(2023)10.3390/ijms241914572

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11 citations

Jeffrey Schmeckpeper, Maicon Landim-Vieira, Isabella Leite Coscarella, Xuan Fang, Weikang Ma +12 more

Danicamtiv increases myosin recruitment and alters the chemomechanical cross bridge cycle in cardiac muscle

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.01.31.526380

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5 citations

Saffie Mohran, Kyrah L. Turner, Weikang Ma, Galina Flint, Lin Qi +16 more

The distinctive mechanical and structural signatures of residual force enhancement in myofibers

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.02.19.529125

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5 citations

Michel N. Kuehn, Bradley M. Palmer, Devin Nissen, Dhruv Mishra, Venus Joumaa +6 more

Myosin in autoinhibited off state(s), stabilized by mavacamten, can be recruited via inotropic effectors

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.04.10.536292

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4 citations

Carlos del Rio, Lin Qi, Momčilo Prodanović, Srboljub M. Mijailovich, Christopher Zambataro +6 more

Myosin-binding protein C forms C-links and stabilizes OFF states of myosin

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.09.10.556972

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Nichlas M. Engels, Michel N. Kuehn, Devin Nissen, Rachel Sadler, Weikang Ma +4 more

Fast myosin binding protein C knockout in skeletal muscle alters length-dependent activation and myofilament structure

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.10.19.563160

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Michel N. Kuehn, Seong-won Han, Weikang Ma, Thomas C. Irving, Brent A. Momb +5 more

Titin-based force regulates cardiac myofilament structures mediating length-dependent activation

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.11.09.566413

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Michel N. Kuehn, Nichlas M. Engels, Devin Nissen, Johanna K. Freundt, Weikang Ma +3 more

The structural OFF and ON states of myosin can be decoupled from the biochemical super- and disordered-relaxed states

PNAS Nexus(2024)10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae039

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45 citations

Taejeong Song, Chengqian Gao, Henry Gong, Sakthivel Sadayappan, David A. Kass +3 more

Super-relaxed myosins contribute to respiratory muscle hibernation in mechanically ventilated patients

Science Translational Medicine(2024)10.1126/scitranslmed.adg3894

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28 citations

Zhonghua Shi, Wout J. Claassen, Pleuni E. Hooijman, Christopher T. A. Lewis, Jesper L. Andersen +23 more

The distinctive mechanical and structural signatures of residual force enhancement in myofibers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2024)10.1073/pnas.2413883121

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16 citations

Michel N. Kuehn, Bradley M. Palmer, Devin Nissen, Dhruv Mishra, Venus Joumaa +6 more

Myosin in autoinhibited off state(s), stabilized by mavacamten, can be recruited in response to inotropic interventions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2024)10.1073/pnas.2314914121

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14 citations

Carlos del Rio, Lin Qi, Momčilo Prodanović, Srboljub M. Mijailovich, Christopher Zambataro +6 more

Calcium has a direct effect on thick filament activation in porcine myocardium

The Journal of General Physiology(2024)10.1085/jgp.202413545

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9 citations

Timothy S. McMillen, Christian Mandrycky, An-Yue Tu, Kristina B. Kooiker, Wenjing Qian +7 more

The structural and functional effects of myosin regulatory light chain phosphorylation are amplified by increases in sarcomere length and [Ca2+]

The Journal of Physiology(2024)10.1113/jp286802

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5 citations

Blake J. Vander Top, Kristina B. Kooiker, Saffie Mohran, Christian Mandrycky, Timothy S. McMillen +5 more

Fast myosin binding protein C knockout in skeletal muscle alters length-dependent activation and myofilament structure

Communications Biology(2024)10.1038/s42003-024-06265-8

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4 citations

Michel N. Kuehn, Seong-won Han, Weikang Ma, Thomas C. Irving, Brent A. Momb +5 more

Mechanisms of a novel regulatory light chain–dependent cardiac myosin inhibitor

The Journal of General Physiology(2024)10.1085/jgp.202313503

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3 citations

Qing-Fen Gan, Ming Yu, Na Sa, Saffie Mohran, Yuanhua Cheng +11 more

Mavacamten facilitates myosin head ON ‐to‐ OFF transitions and shortens thin filament length in relaxed mouse skeletal muscle

Physiological Reports(2025)10.14814/phy2.70606

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3 citations

Nichlas M. Engels, Devin Nissen, Johanna K. Freundt, Weikang Ma, Samantha P. Harris +4 more

Molecular mechanisms of altered contraction with the β-myosin R403Q mutation in porcine ventricular muscle and a human stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte model

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology(2025)10.1016/j.yjmcc.2025.10.008

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2 citations

Saffie Mohran, Matthew C. Childers, Timothy S. McMillen, Ateeqa Naim, Matvey Pilagov +14 more

Myosin modulator Aficamten inhibits force in cardiac muscle by altering myosin’s biochemical activity without changing thick filament structure

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.05.14.654110

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3 citations

Kristina B. Kooiker, Ateeqa Naim, Matvey Pilagov, Anthony Asencio, Kyrah L. Turner +13 more

Molecular mechanisms of altered contraction with the β-myosin R403Q mutation in porcine ventricular muscle and a human stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte model

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.08.27.672708

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3 citations

Saffie Mohran, Matthew C. Childers, Timothy S. McMillen, Ateeqa Naim, Matvey Pilagov +14 more

Thick Filament Based Regulation and the Determinants of Force Generation

Preprints.org(2025)10.20944/preprints202502.0646.v1

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Weikang Ma, Vivek Jani

BPS2025 - ATP directly activates thick filaments in porcine myocardium

Biophysical Journal(2025)10.1016/j.bpj.2024.11.2471

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Meihua Guo, Vivek Jani, Shengyao Yuan, Weikang Ma, Marcus Rhodehamel

Probing relaxed myosin states in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by second harmonic-generation microscopy

ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam)(2025)10.1101/2025.05.08.652664

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Marica Dente, Weikang Ma, Beatrice Scellini, Nicoletta Piroddi, Marina Scardigli +12 more

ATP directly modulates thick filament structure and function in porcine myocardium

Biophysical Journal(2025)10.1016/j.bpj.2025.06.037

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Meihua Guo, Vivek Jani, Hailey Flannagan, Shengyao Yuan, Maicon Landim-Vieira +2 more

The myosin interacting-heads motif present in live tarantula muscle explains tetanic and posttetanic phosphorylation mechanisms

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2020)10.1073/pnas.1921312117

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48 citations

Weikang Ma, Sebastian Duno-Miranda, Natalia A. Koubassova, Kyoung Hwan Lee, Antonio Pinto +6 more

Desmoglein-2 deficiency results in cardiac dysfunction by compromising both Z-disc- and intercalated disc-mediated mechanotransduction

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.10.03.680335

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Vivek Jani, Emily Shiel, Hosna Rastegarpouyani, Morgan Engel, Flair Paradine +9 more

Triggering typical nemaline myopathy with compound heterozygous nebulin mutations reveals myofilament structural changes as pathomechanism

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-16526-9

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19 citations

Weikang Ma, Frank Li, Yaeren Hernandez, Justin Kolb, Balázs Kiss +11 more

In vivo x-ray diffraction and simultaneous EMG reveal the time course of myofilament lattice dilation and filament stretch

Journal of Experimental Biology(2020)10.1242/jeb.224188

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12 citations

Anthony Asencio, J. Cass, Weikang Ma, Thomas C. Irving, T. L. Daniel +1 more

Myosin dynamics during relaxation in mouse soleus muscle and modulation by 2′‐deoxy‐ATP

The Journal of Physiology(2020)10.1113/jp280402

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37 citations

Matthew C. Childers, Jason D. Murray, Farid Moussavi‐Harami, Henry Gong, Robert S. Weiss +4 more

The Super-Relaxed State and Length Dependent Activation in Porcine Myocardium

Circulation Research(2021)10.1161/circresaha.120.318647

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82 citations

Marcus Henze, Robert L. Anderson, Henry Gong, Fiona L. Wong, Carlos del Rio +2 more

Two Classes of Myosin Inhibitors, Para-nitroblebbistatin and Mavacamten, Stabilize β-Cardiac Myosin in Different Structural and Functional States

Journal of Molecular Biology(2021)10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167295

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49 citations

Weikang Ma, Srinivas Chakravarthy, Ariana C. Combs, Na Sa, Stephen J. Langer +3 more