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Abstract
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs)-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) represent a potential indefinite cell supply for cardiac tissue engineering and possibly regenerative medicine applications. However, these cells are immature compared with adult ventricular cardiomyocytes. In order to overcome this limitation, an engineered platform, called biowire, was devised to provide cultured cardiomyocytes important biomimetic cues present during embryo development, such as three-dimensional cell culture, extracellular matrix composition, soluble factors and pacing through electrical stimulation, to induce the maturation of hPSC-CMs in vitro.Entities:
Keywords: Biomimetic cues; Cardiomyocyte; Maturation; Stem cells; Tissue engineering
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26546730 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.11.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods ISSN: 1046-2023 Impact factor: 3.608