Fig. 2

Changes in the [Ca²⁺] transient in single cardiomyocytes from C57BL/6 J mice in the stretch protocol. a A representative response to axial stretch in the [Ca²⁺] transient. Following the initial state, the [Ca²⁺] transient remained unchanged at 10 s after the stretch, and then showed a slow increase at 300 s after the stretch (a stress-induced slow increase in the [Ca²⁺]_i: SSC). b Summarized data for the [Ca²⁺] transient response to the stretch (n = 9). ^# P < 0.05 vs initial state; *P < 0.05 vs stretch (10 s)