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ArticleTissue engineering. Part C, Methods2016

Real-Time Force and Frequency Analysis of Engineered Human Heart Tissue Derived from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Magnetic Sensing.

Kevin S Bielawski, Andrea Leonard, Shiv Bhandari, Chuck E Murry, Nathan J Sniadecki

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Article in Tissue engineering. Part C, Methods, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin S Bielawski1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington.
Andrea Leonard1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington.
Shiv Bhandari2 Center for Cardiovascular Biology, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington.
Chuck E Murry2 Center for Cardiovascular Biology, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington.
Nathan J Sniadecki1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington.
University of Washington · US

Funding

Vascularization and Growth of Human Myocardial GraftsP01HL094374 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LAFLAMME, MICHAEL ALAN · 2010 to 2014
$14.5M
Expansion of cardiac and hematopoietic progenitors by Wnt and NotchU01HL100405 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EPSTEIN, JONATHAN A., MORRISEY, EDWARD E · 2009 to 2015
$8.1M
Cell-Based Cardiac RepairR01HL084642 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MURRY, CHARLES E · 2007 to 2014
$4.9M
Integrins, mechanotransduction, and the maturation of cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cellsF32HL126332 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LEONARD, ANDREA B · 2015 to 2017
$164k
NHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL126332NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL094374NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL084642NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL100405
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineered heart tissues made from human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes have been used for modeling cardiac pathologies, screening new therapeutics, and providing replacement cardiac tissue. Current methods measure the functional performance of engineered heart tissue by their twitch force and beating frequency, typically obtained by optical measurements. In this article, we describe a novel method for assessing twitch force and beating frequency of engineered heart tissue using magnetic field sensing, which enables multiple tissues to be measured simultaneously. The tissues are formed as thin structures suspended between two silicone posts, where one post is rigid and another is flexible and contains an embedded magnet. When the tissue contracts it causes the flexible post to bend in proportion to its twitch force. We measured the bending of the post using giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensors located underneath a 24-well plate containing the tissues. We validated the accuracy of the readings from the GMR sensors against optical measurements. We demonstrated the utility and sensitivity of our approach by testing the effects of three concentrations of isoproterenol and verapamil on twitch force and beating frequency in real-time, parallel experiments. This system should be scalable beyond the 24-well format, enabling greater automation in assessing the contractile function of cardiomyocytes in a tissue-engineered environment.

Indexed as

Magnetic FieldsAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsBiosensing TechniquesCardiotonic AgentsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsIsoproterenolMechanical PhenomenaMyocardial ContractionMyocytes, CardiacTissue EngineeringVerapamilAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsCardiotonic AgentsIsoproterenolVerapamil

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PMID27600722
PMCPMC5079417
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