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ArticleCells2021

Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Cell Interactions and Responses to Cyclic Strain.

Richard Duc Hien Tran, Tessa Altair Morris, Daniela Gonzalez, Ali Hatem Salaheldin Hassan Ahmed Hetta, Anna Grosberg

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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 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. In vitro sex-specific function-structure relationship in neonatal rat cardiac monolayers.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Richard Duc Hien TranEdwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92617-2700, USA.
Tessa Altair MorrisEdwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92617-2700, USA.
Daniela GonzalezEdwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92617-2700, USA.
Ali Hatem Salaheldin Hassan Ahmed HettaEdwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92617-2700, USA.
Anna GrosbergEdwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92617-2700, USA.

Funding

Training Program in Cardiovascular Applied Research and EntrepreneurshipT32HL116270 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI HUGHES, CHRISTOPHER C. W. · 2013 to 2022
$1.6M
Quantifying Multi-Scale Architecture of Cardiac TissuesR03EB028605 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI GROSBERG, ANNA · 2021 to 2022
$142k
National Science Foundation DMS1763272NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL116270NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL116270-3NIBIB NIH HHS R03 EB028605NIH HHS 1S10OD025064Simons Foundation 594598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The heart has a dynamic mechanical environment contributed by its unique cellular composition and the resultant complex tissue structure. In pathological heart tissue, both the mechanics and cell composition can change and influence each other. As a result, the interplay between the cell phenotype and mechanical stimulation needs to be considered to understand the biophysical cell interactions and organization in healthy and diseased myocardium. In this work, we hypothesized that the overall tissue organization is controlled by varying densities of cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts in the heart. In order to test this hypothesis, we utilized a combination of mechanical strain, co-cultures of different cell types, and inhibitory drugs that block intercellular junction formation. To accomplish this, an image analysis pipeline was developed to automatically measure cell type-specific organization relative to the stretch direction. The results indicated that cardiac cell type-specific densities influence the overall organization of heart tissue such that it is possible to model healthy and fibrotic heart tissue in vitro. This study provides insight into how to mimic the dynamic mechanical environment of the heart in engineered tissue as well as providing valuable information about the process of cardiac remodeling and repair in diseased hearts.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationStress, MechanicalActinsCoculture TechniquesFibroblastsMyocardiumMyocytes, CardiacActinscell type classificationcyclic strainheart tissue organizationintercellular junctions

Identifiers

PMID34831422
PMCPMC8625419

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