Human engineered heart tissue models for disease modeling and drug discovery

H Tani, S Tohyama - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The emergence of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) and efficient
differentiation of hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) induced from diseased …

Cardiac maturation

T Sakamoto, DP Kelly - Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 2024 - Elsevier
The heart undergoes a dynamic maturation process following birth, in response to a wide
range of stimuli, including both physiological and pathological cues. This process entails …

Electric‐field‐driven printed 3D highly ordered microstructure with cell feature size promotes the maturation of engineered cardiac tissues

G Zhang, W Li, M Yu, H Huang, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Engineered cardiac tissues (ECTs) derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells
(hiPSCs) are viable alternatives for cardiac repair, patient‐specific disease modeling, and …

Generation and maturation of human iPSC-derived 3D organotypic cardiac microtissues in long-term culture

E Ergir, J Oliver-De La Cruz, S Fernandes, M Cassani… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death worldwide; hence there is an
increasing focus on develo** physiologically relevant in vitro cardiovascular tissue …

Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte in vitro models: benchmarking progress and ongoing challenges

JK Ewoldt, SJ DePalma, ME Jewett, MÇ Karakan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent innovations in differentiating cardiomyocytes from human induced pluripotent stem
cells (hiPSCs) have unlocked a viable path to creating in vitro cardiac models. Currently …

[HTML][HTML] Continuous contractile force and electrical signal recordings of 3D cardiac tissue utilizing conductive hydrogel pillars on a chip

F Zhang, H Cheng, K Qu, X Qian, Y Lin, Y Zhang… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Heart-on-chip emerged as a potential tool for cardiac tissue engineering, recapitulating key
physiological cues in cardiac pathophysiology. Controlled electrical stimulation and the …

[HTML][HTML] Human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived cardiomyocyte modelling of cardiovascular diseases for natural compound discovery

K Zhu, X Bao, Y Wang, T Lu, L Zhang - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Natural
compounds extracted from medicinal plants characterized by diverse biological activities …

Matrix Architecture and Mechanics Regulate Myofibril Organization, Costamere Assembly, and Contractility in Engineered Myocardial Microtissues

SJ DePalma, J Jilberto, AE Stis, DD Huang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanical function of the myocardium is defined by cardiomyocyte contractility and the
biomechanics of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Understanding this relationship remains an …

Maturation of Human iPSC‐Derived Cardiac Microfiber with Electrical Stimulation Device

A Masuda, Y Kurashina, H Tani, Y Soma… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Here an electrical stimulation system is described for maturing microfiber‐shaped cardiac
tissue (cardiac microfibers, CMFs). The system enables stable culturing of CMFs with …

Acute effects of cardiac contractility modulation stimulation in conventional 2D and 3D human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte models

TK Feaster, N Feric, I Pallotta, A Narkar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) is a medical device therapy whereby non-excitatory
electrical stimulations are delivered to the myocardium during the absolute refractory period …