Temporal impact of substrate mechanics on differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to cardiomyocytes

LB Hazeltine, MG Badur, X Lian, A Das, W Han… - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
A significant clinical need exists to differentiate human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) into
cardiomyocytes, enabling tissue modeling for in vitro discovery of new drugs or cell-based …

Maturation of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs) in 3D collagen matrix: Effects of niche cell supplementation and mechanical …

W Zhang, CW Kong, MH Tong, WH Chooi, N Huang… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESC-CMs) are regarded as a
promising source for regenerative medicine, drug testing and disease modeling …

Rigid microenvironments promote cardiac differentiation of mouse and human embryonic stem cells

A Arshi, Y Nakashima, H Nakano… - … and technology of …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
While adult heart muscle is the least regenerative of tissues, embryonic cardiomyocytes are
proliferative, with embryonic stem (ES) cells providing an endless reservoir. In addition to …

Concise review: growing hearts in the right place: on the design of biomimetic materials for cardiac stem cell differentiation

Y Farouz, Y Chen, A Terzic, P Menasché - Stem Cells, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Tissue engineering aims at recapitulating permissive conditions that enable cells to
collaborate and form functional tissues. Applications range from human tissue modeling for …

Elastomer-grafted iPSC-derived micro heart muscles to investigate effects of mechanical loading on physiology

J Guo, DW Simmons, G Ramahdita… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Mechanical loading plays a critical role in cardiac pathophysiology. Engineered heart
tissues derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) allow rigorous …

Functional maturation of human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes in vitro–correlation between contraction force and electrophysiology

MC Ribeiro, LG Tertoolen, JA Guadix, M Bellin… - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Cardiomyocytes from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC-CM) have many potential
applications in disease modelling and drug target discovery but their phenotypic similarity to …

Effects of substrate mechanics on contractility of cardiomyocytes generated from human pluripotent stem cells

LB Hazeltine, CS Simmons, MR Salick… - … journal of cell …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC‐) derived cardiomyocytes have potential applications in
drug discovery, toxicity testing, developmental studies, and regenerative medicine. Before …

Hydrogel crosslinking density regulates temporal contractility of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in 3D cultures

C Chung, E Anderson, RR Pera, BL Pruitt… - Soft matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Systematically tunable in vitro platforms are invaluable in gaining insight to stem cell–
microenvironment interactions in three-dimensional cultures. Utilizing recombinant protein …

Substrate stiffness, cell anisotropy, and cell–cell contact contribute to enhanced structural and calcium handling properties of human embryonic stem cell-derived …

ML Rodriguez, KM Beussman, KS Chun… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) can be utilized to
understand the mechanisms underlying the development and progression of heart disease …

Making cardiomyocytes: how mechanical stimulation can influence differentiation of pluripotent stem cells

LR Geuss, LJ Suggs - Biotechnology progress, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), including embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced
pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have promise in regenerative medicine for a variety of …