• Costamere remodeling with muscle loading and unloading in healthy young men 

      Li, Ruowei; Narici, Marco V.; Erskine, Robert M.; Seynnes, Olivier R.; Rittweger, Jörn; Pisot, Rado; Simunic, Bostjan; Flück, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09-08)
      Costameres are mechano-sensory sites of focal adhesion in the sarcolemma that provide a structural anchor for myofibrils. Their turnover is regulated by integrin-associated focal adhesion kinase (FAK). We hypothesized that ...
    • Single muscle fibre contractile properties differ between body-builders, power athletes and control subjects 

      Meijer, J.P; Jaspers, R.T.; Rittweger, Jörn; Seynnes, Olivier R.; Kamandulis, Sigitas; Brazaitis, M.; Skurvydas, A.; Pisot, Rado; Šimunič, Boštjan; Narici, Maco V.; Degens, Hans (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-11-17)
      What is the central question of this study? Do the contractile properties of single muscle fibres differ between body-builders, power athletes and control subjects? •What is the main finding and its importance? Peak ...