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ArticleScientific reports2020

A method for differentiating human induced pluripotent stem cells toward functional cardiomyocytes in 96-well microplates.

Novin Balafkan, Sepideh Mostafavi, Manja Schubert, Richard Siller, Kristina Xiao Liang, Gareth Sullivan, Laurence A Bindoff

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Novin BalafkanDepartment of Clinical Medicine (K1), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Sepideh MostafaviDepartment of Clinical Medicine (K1), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Manja SchubertDepartment of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021, Bergen, Norway.
Richard SillerNorwegian Center for Stem Cell Research, Oslo University Hospital, Domus Medica, Oslo, Norway.
Kristina Xiao LiangDepartment of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021, Bergen, Norway.
Gareth SullivanDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Laurence A BindoffDepartment of Clinical Medicine (K1), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. laurence.bindoff@nevro.uib.no.
Haukeland University Hospital · NOOslo University Hospital · NOUniversity of Bergen · NO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The capacity of pluripotent stem cells both for self-renewal and to differentiate into any cell type have made them a powerful tool for studying human disease. Protocols for efficient differentiation towards cardiomyocytes using defined, serum-free culture medium combined with small molecules have been developed, but thus far, limited to larger formats. We adapted protocols for differentiating human pluripotent stem cells to functional human cardiomyocytes in a 96-well microplate format. The resulting cardiomyocytes expressed cardiac specific markers at the transcriptional and protein levels and had the electrophysiological properties that confirmed the presence of functional cardiomyocytes. We suggest that this protocol provides an incremental improvement and one that reduces the impact of heterogeneity by increasing inter-experimental replicates. We believe that this technique will improve the applicability of these cells for use in developmental biology and mechanistic studies of disease.

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Cell DifferentiationCell Culture TechniquesCell LineCell SeparationCulture Media, Serum-FreeElectrophysiological PhenomenaFlow CytometryHumansMyocardiumMyocytes, CardiacPluripotent Stem CellsReproducibility of ResultsCulture Media, Serum-Free

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PMID33116175
PMCPMC7595118
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