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ArticleNature communications2021

Generation of mature compact ventricular cardiomyocytes from human pluripotent stem cells.

Shunsuke Funakoshi, Ian Fernandes, Olya Mastikhina, Dan Wilkinson, Thinh Tran, Wahiba Dhahri, Amine Mazine, Donghe Yang, Benjamin Burnett, Jeehoon Lee and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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100citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

100 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shunsuke FunakoshiMcEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Ian FernandesMcEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Olya MastikhinaToronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Dan WilkinsonBlueRock Therapeutics, New York, NY, USA.
Thinh TranDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Wahiba DhahriMcEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Amine MazineMcEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Donghe YangMcEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Benjamin BurnettBlueRock Therapeutics, New York, NY, USA.
Jeehoon LeeBlueRock Therapeutics, New York, NY, USA.
Stephanie ProtzeMcEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Gary D BaderDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0185-8861
Sara S NunesToronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0906-7204
Michael LaflammeMcEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Gordon KellerMcEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. gordon.keller@uhnresearch.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-9309-9297
University Health Network · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

CIHR FDN159937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Compact cardiomyocytes that make up the ventricular wall of the adult heart represent an important therapeutic target population for modeling and treating cardiovascular diseases. Here, we established a differentiation strategy that promotes the specification, proliferation and maturation of compact ventricular cardiomyocytes from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). The cardiomyocytes generated under these conditions display the ability to use fatty acids as an energy source, a high mitochondrial mass, well-defined sarcomere structures and enhanced contraction force. These ventricular cells undergo metabolic changes indicative of those associated with heart failure when challenged in vitro with pathological stimuli and were found to generate grafts consisting of more mature cells than those derived from immature cardiomyocytes following transplantation into infarcted rat hearts. hPSC-derived atrial cardiomyocytes also responded to the maturation cues identified in this study, indicating that the approach is broadly applicable to different subtypes of the heart. Collectively, these findings highlight the power of recapitulating key aspects of embryonic and postnatal development for generating therapeutically relevant cell types from hPSCs.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCell LineCell ProliferationDisease Models, AnimalEmbryo, MammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentHeart AtriaHeart FailureHeart VentriclesHumansMyocardial InfarctionMyocytes, CardiacPluripotent Stem CellsRats

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PMID34039977
PMCPMC8155185
OpenAlexW3164422518

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