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ReviewBiochemical and biophysical research communications2016

The role of Wnt regulation in heart development, cardiac repair and disease: A tissue engineering perspective.

Aric Pahnke, Genna Conant, Locke Davenport Huyer, Yimu Zhao, Nicole Feric, Milica Radisic

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Review in Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  10. Wnt signaling in cardiac development and heart diseases.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Aric PahnkeDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Genna ConantDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Locke Davenport HuyerDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Yimu ZhaoDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Nicole FericInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Milica RadisicDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: m.radisic@utoronto.ca.

Funding

Engineering Vascularized Cardiac MuscleR01HL076485 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic · 2005 to 2026
$9.2M
CIHR MOP-126027NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL076485
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wingless-related integration site (Wnt) signaling has proven to be a fundamental mechanism in cardiovascular development as well as disease. Understanding its particular role in heart formation has helped to develop pluripotent stem cell differentiation protocols that produce relatively pure cardiomyocyte populations. The resultant cardiomyocytes have been used to generate heart tissue for pharmaceutical testing, and to study physiological and disease states. Such protocols in combination with induced pluripotent stem cell technology have yielded patient-derived cardiomyocytes that exhibit some of the hallmarks of cardiovascular disease and are therefore being used to model disease states. While FDA approval of new treatments typically requires animal experiments, the burgeoning field of tissue engineering could act as a replacement. This would necessitate the generation of reproducible three-dimensional cardiac tissues in a well-controlled environment, which exhibit native heart properties, such as cellular density, composition, extracellular matrix composition, and structure-function. Such tissues could also enable the further study of Wnt signaling. Furthermore, as Wnt signaling has been found to have a mechanistic role in cardiac pathophysiology, e.g. heart attack, hypertrophy, atherosclerosis, and aortic stenosis, its strategic manipulation could provide a means of generating reproducible and specific, physiological and pathological cardiac models.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsAortic Valve Stenosisbeta CateninCell DifferentiationHeartHeart DiseasesHumansMyocardiumSignal TransductionSwineTissue EngineeringWnt Proteinsbeta CateninWnt ProteinsCardiac tissue engineeringCardiovascular diseaseEngineered cardiac tissuePluripotent stem cellsStem cell differentiationWnt signaling

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PMID26626076
PMCPMC4854783

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