Standardizing designed and emergent quantitative features in microphysiological systems

DM Nahon, R Moerkens, H Aydogmus… - Nature biomedical …, 2024 - nature.com
Microphysiological systems (MPSs) are cellular models that replicate aspects of organ and
tissue functions in vitro. In contrast with conventional cell cultures, MPSs often provide …

Accelerating cardiovascular research: recent advances in translational 2D and 3D heart models

E Mohr, T Thum, C Bär - European journal of heart failure, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In vitro modelling the complex (patho‐) physiological conditions of the heart is a major
challenge in cardiovascular research. In recent years, methods based on three‐dimensional …

Targeted therapies in genetic dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic targets. A position paper from the Heart Failure …

RA de Boer, S Heymans, J Backs… - European journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic cardiomyopathies are disorders of the cardiac muscle, most often explained by
pathogenic mutations in genes encoding sarcomere, cytoskeleton, or ion channel proteins …

Engineering biomaterials and approaches for mechanical stretching of cells in three dimensions

W Zhang, G Huang, F Xu - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mechanical stretch is widely experienced by cells of different tissues in the human body and
plays critical roles in regulating their behaviors. Numerous studies have been devoted to …

Mavacamten preserves length-dependent contractility and improves diastolic function in human engineered heart tissue

LR Sewanan, S Shen… - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Comprehensive functional characterization of cardiac tissue includes investigation of length
and load dependence. Such measurements have been slow to develop in engineered heart …

[HTML][HTML] Navigating the landscape of RNA delivery systems in cardiovascular disease therapeutics

P Gil-Cabrerizo, T Simon-Yarza, E Garbayo… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) stand as the leading cause of death worldwide, posing a
significant global health challenge. Consequently, the development of innovative …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic mechanobiology of cardiac cells and tissues: Current status and future perspective

C Wang, G Ramahdita, G Genin, N Huebsch… - Biophysics Reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Mechanical forces impact cardiac cells and tissues over their entire lifespan, from
development to growth and eventually to pathophysiology. However, the mechanobiological …

Tissue engineering techniques for induced pluripotent stem cell derived three-dimensional cardiac constructs

T Salem, Z Frankman, JM Churko - Tissue Engineering Part B …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Recent developments in applied developmental physiology have provided well-defined
methodologies for producing human stem cell derived cardiomyocytes. The cardiomyocytes …

Engineering biomaterials to guide heart cells for matured cardiac tissue

Y Jang, Y Park, J Kim - Coatings, 2020 - mdpi.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is needed to maintain the structural integrity of tissues and to
mediate cellular dynamics. Its main components are fibrous proteins and …

Interplay of genotype and substrate stiffness in driving the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy phenotype in iPSC-micro-heart muscle arrays

J Guo, H Jiang, K Oguntuyo, B Rios, Z Boodram… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction In clinical and animal studies, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) shares
many similarities with non-inherited cardiac hypertrophy induced by pressure overload …