Next-Gen therapeutics: Pioneering drug discovery with iPSCs, genomics, AI, and clinical trials in a dish

Z Yildirim, K Swanson, X Wu, J Zou… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
In the high-stakes arena of drug discovery, the journey from bench to bedside is hindered by
a daunting 92% failure rate, primarily due to unpredicted toxicities and inadequate …

Cardiovascular effects of immunosuppression agents

A Elezaby, R Dexheimer, K Sallam - Frontiers in Cardiovascular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Immunosuppressive medications are widely used to treat patients with neoplasms,
autoimmune conditions and solid organ transplants. Key drug classes, namely calcineurin …

Cardiovascular toxicities by calcineurin inhibitors: Cellular mechanisms behind clinical manifestations

T Attachaipanich, SC Chattipakorn… - Acta …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI), including cyclosporine A (CsA) and tacrolimus (TAC), are
cornerstones of immunosuppressive therapy in solid organ transplant recipients. While …

Clinical trials in-a-dish for cardiovascular medicine

X Wu, K Swanson, Z Yildirim, W Liu… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Cardiovascular diseases persist as a global health challenge that requires methodological
innovation for effective drug development. Conventional pipelines relying on animal models …

Immunosuppressants Tacrolimus and Sirolimus revert the cardiac antifibrotic properties of p38-MAPK inhibition in 3D-multicellular human iPSC-heart organoids

Y Tian, Y Tsujisaka, VY Li, K Tani… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cardiac reactive fibrosis is a fibroblast-derived maladaptive process to tissue injury that
exacerbates an uncontrolled deposition of large amounts of extracellular matrix (ECM) …

CCL2-mediated endothelial injury drives cardiac dysfunction in long COVID

D Thomas, C Noishiki, S Gaddam, D Wu… - Nature Cardiovascular …, 2024 - nature.com
Evidence linking the endothelium to cardiac injury in long coronavirus disease (COVID) is
well documented, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Here we show that …

Biotechnological advances and applications of human pluripotent stem cell-derived heart models

P Muniyandi, C O'Hern, MA Popa… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, significant biotechnological advancements have been made in engineering
human cardiac tissues and organ-like models. This field of research is crucial for both basic …

Cardiovascular Toxicity in Cancer Therapy: Protecting the Heart while Combating Cancer

A Manhas, D Tripathi, D Thomas, N Sayed - Current cardiology reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review explores the cardiovascular toxicity associated with
cancer therapies, emphasizing the significance of the growing field of cardio-oncology. It …

Artificial intelligence enabled interpretation of ECG images to predict hematopoietic cell transplantation toxicity

BC Shaffer, S Brown, S Chinapen, KE Mangold… - Blood …, 2024 - ashpublications.org
Artificial intelligence (AI)–enabled interpretation of electrocardiogram (ECG) images (AI-
ECGs) can identify patterns predictive of future adverse cardiac events. We hypothesized …

Application Prospect of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Organoids and Cell Therapy

T Zhang, C Qian, M Song, Y Tang, Y Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Since its inception, induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology has been hailed as a
powerful tool for comprehending disease etiology and advancing drug screening across …