Induced pluripotent stem cells 10 years later: for cardiac applications

Y Yoshida, S Yamanaka - Circulation research, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are reprogrammed cells that have features similar to
embryonic stem cells, such as the capacity of self-renewal and differentiation into many …

The Broad Spectrum of LMNA Cardiac Diseases: From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Phenotype

S Crasto, I My, E Di Pasquale - Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mutations of Lamin A/C gene (LMNA) cause laminopathies, a group of disorders associated
with a wide spectrum of clinically distinct phenotypes, affecting different tissues and organs …

The K219T-Lamin mutation induces conduction defects through epigenetic inhibition of SCN5A in human cardiac laminopathy

N Salvarani, S Crasto, M Miragoli, A Bertero… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Mutations in LMNA, which encodes the nuclear proteins Lamin A/C, can cause
cardiomyopathy and conduction disorders. Here, we employ induced pluripotent stem cells …

Human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes for investigation of disease mechanisms and therapeutic strategies in inherited arrhythmia syndromes: strengths and limitations

S Casini, AO Verkerk, CA Remme - Cardiovascular drugs and therapy, 2017 - Springer
During the last two decades, significant progress has been made in the identification of
genetic defects underlying inherited arrhythmia syndromes, which has provided some …

hiPSC-derived cardiac tissue for disease modeling and drug discovery

J Li, Y Hua, S Miyagawa, J Zhang, L Li, L Liu… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Relevant, predictive normal, or disease model systems are of vital importance for drug
development. The difference between nonhuman models and humans could contribute to …

Human heart disease: lessons from human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

E Giacomelli, CL Mummery, M Bellin - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2017 - Springer
Technical advances in generating and phenotyping cardiomyocytes from human pluripotent
stem cells (hPSC-CMs) are now driving their wider acceptance as in vitro models to …

Human pluripotent stem cell models of cardiac disease: from mechanisms to therapies

KO Brandao, VA Tabel, DE Atsma… - Disease models & …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
It is now a decade since human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) were first described.
The reprogramming of adult somatic cells to a pluripotent state has become a robust …

Cofilin-1 phosphorylation catalyzed by ERK1/2 alters cardiac actin dynamics in dilated cardiomyopathy caused by lamin A/C gene mutation

M Chatzifrangkeskou, D Yadin, T Marais… - Human Molecular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Hyper-activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 contributes to heart
dysfunction in cardiomyopathy caused by mutations in the lamin A/C gene (LMNA …

Vagus nerve stimulation optimized cardiomyocyte phenotype, sarcomere organization and energy metabolism in infarcted heart through FoxO3A-VEGF signaling

B Luo, Y Wu, S Liu, X Li, H Zhu, L Zhang, F Zheng… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) restores autonomic balance, suppresses inflammation action
and minimizes cardiomyocyte injury. However, little knowledge is known about the VNS'role …

Modelling inherited cardiac disease using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes: progress, pitfalls, and potential

A van Mil, GM Balk, K Neef, JW Buikema… - Cardiovascular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In the past few years, the use of specific cell types derived from induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPSCs) has developed into a powerful approach to investigate the cellular …