Proliferation, survival and metabolism: the role of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling in pluripotency and cell fate determination

JSL Yu, W Cui - Development, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Phosphatidylinositide 3 kinases (PI3Ks) and their downstream mediators AKT and
mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) constitute the core components of the …

Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells to cardiomyocytes: a methods overview

CL Mummery, J Zhang, ES Ng, DA Elliott… - Circulation …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Since human embryonic stem cells were first differentiated to beating cardiomyocytes a
decade ago, interest in their potential applications has increased exponentially. This has …

Directed cardiomyocyte differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells by modulating Wnt/β-catenin signaling under fully defined conditions

X Lian, J Zhang, SM Azarin, K Zhu, LB Hazeltine… - Nature protocols, 2013 - nature.com
The protocol described here efficiently directs human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) to
functional cardiomyocytes in a completely defined, growth factor–and serum-free system by …

Differentiation of cardiomyocytes and generation of human engineered heart tissue

K Breckwoldt, D Letuffe-Brenière, I Mannhardt… - Nature protocols, 2017 - nature.com
Since the advent of the generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs),
numerous protocols have been developed to differentiate hiPSCs into cardiomyocytes and …

Production of de novo cardiomyocytes: human pluripotent stem cell differentiation and direct reprogramming

PW Burridge, G Keller, JD Gold, JC Wu - Cell stem cell, 2012 - cell.com
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death worldwide. The limited capability of
heart tissue to regenerate has prompted methodological developments for creating de novo …

Extracellular matrix promotes highly efficient cardiac differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells: the matrix sandwich method

J Zhang, M Klos, GF Wilson, AM Herman… - Circulation …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Cardiomyocytes (CMs) differentiated from human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs)
are increasingly being used for cardiovascular research, including disease modeling, and …

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 …

Mitochondria and metabolic transitions in cardiomyocytes: lessons from development for stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

JC Garbern, RT Lee - Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2021 - Springer
Current methods to differentiate cardiomyocytes from human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs)
inadequately recapitulate complete development and result in PSC-derived cardiomyocytes …

[HTML][HTML] A review of protocols for human iPSC culture, cardiac differentiation, subtype-specification, maturation, and direct reprogramming

DM Lyra-Leite, Ó Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, M Wang, Y Zhou… - STAR protocols, 2022 - Elsevier
The methods for the culture and cardiomyocyte differentiation of human embryonic stem
cells, and later human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC), have moved from a complex …

A universal system for highly efficient cardiac differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells that eliminates interline variability

PW Burridge, S Thompson, MA Millrod, S Weinberg… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background The production of cardiomyocytes from human induced pluripotent stem cells
(hiPSC) holds great promise for patient-specific cardiotoxicity drug testing, disease …