Challenges and opportunities for the next generation of cardiovascular tissue engineering

S Cho, DE Discher, KW Leong, G Vunjak-Novakovic… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Engineered cardiac tissues derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells offer unique
opportunities for patient-specific disease modeling, drug discovery and cardiac repair. Since …

Genomic frontiers in congenital heart disease

SU Morton, D Quiat, JG Seidman… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The application of next-generation sequencing to study congenital heart disease (CHD) is
increasingly providing new insights into the causes and mechanisms of this prevalent birth …

SARS-CoV-2 infection of human iPSC–derived cardiac cells reflects cytopathic features in hearts of patients with COVID-19

JA Perez-Bermejo, S Kang, SJ Rockwood… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes cardiac dysfunction in up to 25% of
patients, its pathogenesis remains unclear. Exposure of human induced pluripotent stem cell …

Complex relationship between cardiac fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes in health and disease

C Hall, K Gehmlich, C Denning… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac fibroblasts are the primary cell type responsible for deposition of extracellular matrix
in the heart, providing support to the contracting myocardium and contributing to a myriad of …

Multi-lineage human iPSC-derived platforms for disease modeling and drug discovery

A Sharma, S Sances, MJ Workman, CN Svendsen - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) provide a powerful platform for disease
modeling and have unlocked new possibilities for understanding the mechanisms governing …

Opportunities and challenges in cardiac tissue engineering from an analysis of two decades of advances

RZ Zhuang, R Lock, B Liu… - Nature Biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Engineered human cardiac tissues facilitate progress in regenerative medicine, disease
modelling and drug development. In this Perspective, we reflect on the most notable …

Cellular and engineered organoids for cardiovascular models

D Thomas, S Choi, C Alamana, KK Parker… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
An ensemble of in vitro cardiac tissue models has been developed over the past several
decades to aid our understanding of complex cardiovascular disorders using a reductionist …

Basic and Translational Research in Cardiac Repair and Regeneration: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

J Zhang, R Bolli, DJ Garry, E Marbán… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - jacc.org
This paper aims to provide an important update on the recent preclinical and clinical trials
using cell therapy strategies and engineered heart tissues for the treatment of postinfarction …

Chromatin remodelling drives immune cell–fibroblast communication in heart failure

M Alexanian, A Padmanabhan, T Nishino, JG Travers… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Chronic inflammation and tissue fibrosis are common responses that worsen organ function,
yet the molecular mechanisms governing their cross-talk are poorly understood. In diseased …

Utility of iPSC-derived cells for disease modeling, drug development, and cell therapy

MW Nicholson, CY Ting, DZH Chan, YC Cheng… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The advent of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) has advanced our understanding of the
molecular mechanisms of human disease, drug discovery, and regenerative medicine. As …