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ArticleACS central science2019

Biowire Model of Interstitial and Focal Cardiac Fibrosis.

Erika Yan Wang, Naimeh Rafatian, Yimu Zhao, Angela Lee, Benjamin Fook Lun Lai, Rick Xingze Lu, Danica Jekic, Locke Davenport Huyer, Ericka J Knee-Walden, Shoumo Bhattacharya and 2 more

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Article in ACS central science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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80citing papers in PubMed
12.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Erika Yan WangInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada.
Naimeh RafatianDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
Yimu ZhaoDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada.
Angela LeeRDM Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom.
Benjamin Fook Lun LaiInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada.
Rick Xingze LuInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada.
Danica JekicMcGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada.
Locke Davenport HuyerInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada.
Ericka J Knee-WaldenInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada.
Shoumo BhattacharyaRDM Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom.
Peter H BackxDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
Milica RadisicInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada.
University of Toronto · CACentre for Human Genetics · GBMcGill University · CA

Funding

British Heart Foundation RG/10/17/28553
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myocardial fibrosis is a severe global health problem due to its prevalence in all forms of cardiac diseases and direct role in causing heart failure. The discovery of efficient antifibrotic compounds has been hampered due to the lack of a physiologically relevant disease model. Herein, we present a disease model of human myocardial fibrosis and use it to establish a compound screening system. In the Biowire II platform, cardiac tissues are suspended between a pair of poly(octamethylene maleate (anhydride) citrate) (POMaC) wires. Noninvasive functional readouts are realized on the basis of the deflection of the intrinsically fluorescent polymer. The disease model is constructed to recapitulate contractile, biomechanical, and electrophysiological complexities of fibrotic myocardium. Additionally, we constructed a heteropolar integrated model with fibrotic and healthy cardiac tissues coupled together. The integrated model captures the regional heterogeneity of scar lesion, border zone, and adjacent healthy myocardium. Finally, we demonstrate the utility of the system for the evaluation of antifibrotic compounds. The high-fidelity

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PMCPMC6661857
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