A Likelihood-Based Framework for Analysing Sarcomeric Protein Machinery in Cardiac Myocyte Models

Freytag J, Beyer S, Timmer J, Timmermann V.

Computing in Cardiology, 2025; Vol 52. doi: 10.22489/CinC.2025.314.

Cardiac contraction arises from coordinated sarcomeric protein interactions, yet their molecular dynamics remain difficult to quantify. We introduce a likelihood-based framework integrating maximum and profile likelihood methods to estimate and assess parameter identifiability in cardiac myocyte models. Applied to engineered tissues from filamin C-mutant and CRISPR-corrected lines, the approach identifies key kinetic parameters and enables uncertainty-aware model calibration.