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ArticleCells2021

Chamber-Specific Protein Expression during Direct Cardiac Reprogramming.

Zhentao Zhang, Jesse Villalpando, Wenhui Zhang, Young-Jae Nam

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. HeartMAP: A multi-chamber spatial framework for cardiac cell-cell communication.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025
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  2. Fibroblast Reprogramming in Cardiac Repair.JACC. Basic to translational science · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhentao ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Jesse VillalpandoDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Wenhui ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Young-Jae NamDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Vanderbilt University · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

Tumor Immunology and Microenvironment Research ProgramP30CA068485 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI STACIE B DUSETZINA · 1995 to 2026
$172.8M
Targeting myofibroblasts for heart repairR01HL146524 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI NAM, YOUNG-JAE · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
American Heart Association 20POST35210170NCI NIH HHS P30 CA068485NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146524
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Forced expression of core cardiogenic transcription factors can directly reprogram fibroblasts to induced cardiomyocyte-like cells (iCMs) in vitro and in vivo. This cardiac reprogramming approach provides a proof of concept for induced heart regeneration by converting a fibroblast fate to a cardiomyocyte fate. However, it remains elusive whether chamber-specific cardiomyocytes can be generated by cardiac reprogramming. Therefore, we assessed the ability of the cardiac reprogramming approach for chamber specification in vitro and in vivo. We found that in vivo cardiac reprogramming post-myocardial infarction exclusively induces a ventricular-like phenotype, while a major fraction of iCMs generated in vitro failed to determine their chamber identities. Our results suggest that in vivo cardiac reprogramming may have an inherent advantage of generating chamber-matched new cardiomyocytes as a potential heart regenerative approach.

Indexed as

AnimalsCellular ReprogrammingFibroblastsHeart AtriaHeart VentriclesMiceMyocardial InfarctionMyocytes, Cardiaccardiomyocytechamberfibroblastreprogramming

Identifiers

PMID34208439
PMCPMC8234528
OpenAlexW3168135982

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