[HTML][HTML] A review on applications of computational methods in drug screening and design

X Lin, X Li, X Lin - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drug development is one of the most significant processes in the pharmaceutical industry.
Various computational methods have dramatically reduced the time and cost of drug …

Patient and disease–specific induced pluripotent stem cells for discovery of personalized cardiovascular drugs and therapeutics

DT Paik, M Chandy, JC Wu - Pharmacological reviews, 2020 - ASPET
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have emerged as an effective platform for
regenerative therapy, disease modeling, and drug discovery. iPSCs allow for the production …

Gene editing to prevent ventricular arrhythmias associated with cardiomyocyte cell therapy

S Marchiano, K Nakamura, H Reinecke, L Neidig… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) offer a promising cell-
based therapy for myocardial infarction. However, the presence of transitory ventricular …

Enhanced Ca2+-Dependent SK-Channel Gating and Membrane Trafficking in Human Atrial Fibrillation

J Heijman, X Zhou, S Morotti, CE Molina… - Circulation …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (SK)–channel inhibitors have
antiarrhythmic effects in animal models of atrial fibrillation (AF), presenting a potential novel …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling cardiac disease mechanisms using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes: progress, promises and challenges

EI Parrotta, V Lucchino, L Scaramuzzino… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a class of disorders affecting the heart or blood
vessels. Despite progress in clinical research and therapy, CVDs still represent the leading …

[HTML][HTML] Electrophysiological and calcium-handling development during long-term culture of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

F Seibertz, H Sutanto, R Dülk, JRD Pronto… - Basic Research in …, 2023 - Springer
Human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) are increasingly
used for personalised medicine and preclinical cardiotoxicity testing. Reports on hiPSC-CM …

[HTML][HTML] All-optical electrophysiology refines populations of in silico human iPSC-CMs for drug evaluation

M Paci, E Passini, A Klimas, S Severi, J Hyttinen… - Biophysical journal, 2020 - cell.com
High-throughput in vitro drug assays have been impacted by recent advances in human
induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte (hiPSC-CM) technology and by contact …

[HTML][HTML] The simplified Kirchhoff network model (SKNM): a cell-based reaction–diffusion model of excitable tissue

KH Jæger, A Tveito - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cell-based models of excitable tissues offer the advantage of cell-level precision, which
cannot be achieved using traditional homogenized electrophysiological models. However …

Biological noise is a key determinant of the reproducibility and adaptability of cardiac pacemaking and EC coupling

L Guarina, AN Moghbel… - Journal of General …, 2022 - rupress.org
Each heartbeat begins with the generation of an action potential in pacemaking cells in the
sinoatrial node. This signal triggers contraction of cardiac muscle through a process termed …

Quantitative cross-species translators of cardiac myocyte electrophysiology: Model training, experimental validation, and applications

S Morotti, C Liu, B Hegyi, H Ni, A Fogli Iseppe… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Animal experimentation is key in the evaluation of cardiac efficacy and safety of novel
therapeutic compounds. However, interspecies differences in the mechanisms regulating …