Electrophysiological and contractile function of cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells

A Blazeski, R Zhu, DW Hunter, SH Weinberg… - Progress in biophysics …, 2012 - Elsevier
Human embryonic stem cells have emerged as the prototypical source from which
cardiomyocytes can be derived for use in drug discovery and cell therapy. However, such …

Signaling molecules, transcription growth factors and other regulators revealed from in-vivo and in-vitro models for the regulation of cardiac development

K Meganathan, I Sotiriadou, K Natarajan… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Several in-vivo heart developmental models have been applied to decipher the cardiac
developmental patterning encompassing early, dorsal, cardiac and visceral mesoderm as …

Generation and characterization of functional cardiomyocytes using induced pluripotent stem cells derived from human fibroblasts

H Gai, ELH Leung, PD Costantino, JR Aguila… - Cell biology …, 2009 - Elsevier
We have successfully developed both spontaneous and inductive cardiomyocyte
differentiation of iPS cells reprogrammed from human foreskin fibroblasts. The …

Differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cardiomyocytes in a compliant microfluidic system

C Wan, S Chung, RD Kamm - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2011 - Springer
The differentiation process of murine embryonic stem cells into cardiomyocytes was
investigated with a compliant microfluidic platform which allows for versatile cell seeding …

ALK2/ALK3-BMPR2/ACVR2A mediate BMP2-induced downregulation of pentraxin 3 expression in human granulosa-lutein cells

L Bai, HM Chang, JC Cheng, G Chu, PCK Leung… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) belongs to the transforming growth factor-β
superfamily and plays a critical role in regulating ovarian follicle function. Currently, the role …

Epigenetic regulation of cardiomyocyte differentiation from embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells

YJ Kim, A Tamadon, YY Kim, BC Kang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the intent to achieve the best modalities for myocardial cell therapy, different cell types
are being evaluated as potent sources for differentiation into cardiomyocytes. Embryonic …

Inhibition of stearoyl-coA desaturase selectively eliminates tumorigenic Nanog-positive cells: improving the safety of iPS cell transplantation to myocardium

L Zhang, Y Pan, G Qin, L Chen, T Chatterjee… - Cell Cycle, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) can differentiate into cardiomyocytes (CM) and
represent a promising form of cellular therapy for heart regeneration. However, residual …

Bone morphogenetic protein 2 promotes primordial follicle formation in the ovary

P Chakraborty, SK Roy - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Primordial follicles (PF) are formed when somatic cells differentiate into flattened
pregranulosa cells, invaginate into the oocyte nests and encircle individual oocytes. We …

Cryopreservation of human embryonic stem cells derived-cardiomyocytes induced by BMP2 in serum-free condition

YY Kim, SY Ku, HC Liu, HJ Cho, SK Oh… - Reproductive …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Although previous studies showed that cardiomyocytes (CMs) can be generated from
human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), the protocols for cryopreservation of hESC-derived …

Anti-aging effects of vitamin C on human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

YY Kim, SY Ku, Y Huh, HC Liu, SH Kim, YM Choi… - Age, 2013 - Springer
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have arisen as a source of cells for biomedical
research due to their developmental potential. Stem cells possess the promise of providing …