Cell ID: CL0000746

Cell Name: cardiac muscle cell

CSI Thresholds:

Select	Context	Threshold
	Overall	15
	Cardiac atrium + Healthy	340
	Cardiac atrium	340
	Cardiac ventricle + Healthy	286
	Cardiac ventricle	286
	Apical region of left ventricle	265
	Apical region of left ventricle + Healthy	265
	Interventricular septum + Non-compaction cardiomyopathy	123
	Interventricular septum + Healthy	118
	Heart right ventricle + Non-compaction cardiomyopathy	103
	Heart left ventricle + Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy	92
	Heart right ventricle + Dilated cardiomyopathy	82
	Interventricular septum + Dilated cardiomyopathy	81
	Heart right ventricle + Healthy	77
	Heart left ventricle + Dilated cardiomyopathy	77
	Heart left ventricle + Healthy	67
	Interventricular septum + Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy	66
	Anterior wall of left ventricle	66
	Anterior wall of left ventricle + Healthy	66
	Interventricular septum	61
	Heart left ventricle + Non-compaction cardiomyopathy	48
	Dilated cardiomyopathy	47
	Heart	44
	Heart + Healthy	44
	Heart left ventricle	39
	Non-compaction cardiomyopathy	34
	Apex of heart	32
	Apex of heart + Healthy	32
	Heart right ventricle	27
	Heart right ventricle + Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy	25
	Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy	18
	Basal zone of heart	14
	Basal zone of heart + Healthy	14
	Healthy	12
	Right cardiac atrium + Healthy	8
	Right cardiac atrium	8
	Left cardiac atrium + Healthy	7
	Left cardiac atrium	7

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(Cell Significance Index is uniquely calculated using our advanced thresholding algorithms to reveal cell-specific gene markers.)

Description: Cardiac muscle cells are striated muscle cells that are responsible for heart contraction. In mammals, the contractile fiber resembles those of skeletal muscle but are only one third as large in diameter, are richer in sarcoplasm, and contain centrally located instead of peripheral nuclei.

Synonyms: cardiocyte, cardiac muscle fiber, cardiac myocyte, cardiomyocyte, heart muscle cell