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ArticleJournal of molecular and cellular cardiology2023

A novel transcription factor combination for direct reprogramming to a spontaneously contracting human cardiomyocyte-like state.

Marisol Romero-Tejeda, Hananeh Fonoudi, Carly J Weddle, Jean-Marc DeKeyser, Brian Lenny, K Ashley Fetterman, Tarek Magdy, Yadav Sapkota, Conrad L Epting, Paul W Burridge

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Article in Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Advances in fibroblast-based cardiac reprogramming in the treatment of heart disease.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  6. Direct Cardiac Reprogramming in the Age of Computational Biology.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marisol Romero-TejedaDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Center for Pharmacogenomics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Hananeh FonoudiDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Center for Pharmacogenomics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Carly J WeddleDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Center for Pharmacogenomics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Jean-Marc DeKeyserDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Center for Pharmacogenomics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Brian LennyDepartment of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
K Ashley FettermanDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Center for Pharmacogenomics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Tarek MagdyDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Center for Pharmacogenomics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Yadav SapkotaDepartment of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Conrad L EptingDepartments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H.Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Paul W BurridgeDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Center for Pharmacogenomics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: paul.burridge@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · USSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

CARCINOGENESIS TRAINING PROGRAMT32CA009560 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Kathleen Janee Green · 1986 to 2026
$8.4M
Predicting and Preventing Chemotherapy-InducedCardiotoxicity in African American ChildrenR01CA261898 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI BURRIDGE, PAUL W., SAPKOTA, YADAV · 2021 to 2025
$3.6M
Genomic Prediction of Doxorubicin-Induced CardiotoxicityR01CA220002 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI BURRIDGE, PAUL W., STRANGER, BARBARA E · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Northwestern University Molecular and Translational Cardiovascular Training ProgramT32HL134633 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MCNALLY, ELIZABETH M · 2017 to 2021
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA220002NCI NIH HHS R01 CA261898NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009560NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL134633
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The reprogramming of somatic cells to a spontaneously contracting cardiomyocyte-like state using defined transcription factors has proven successful in mouse fibroblasts. However, this process has been less successful in human cells, thus limiting the potential clinical applicability of this technology in regenerative medicine. We hypothesized that this issue is due to a lack of cross-species concordance between the required transcription factor combinations for mouse and human cells. To address this issue, we identified novel transcription factor candidates to induce cell conversion between human fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes, using the network-based algorithm Mogrify. We developed an automated, high-throughput method for screening transcription factor, small molecule, and growth factor combinations, utilizing acoustic liquid handling and high-content kinetic imaging cytometry. Using this high-throughput platform, we screened the effect of 4960 unique transcription factor combinations on direct conversion of 24 patient-specific primary human cardiac fibroblast samples to cardiomyocytes. Our screen revealed the combination of MYOCD, SMAD6, and TBX20 (MST) as the most successful direct reprogramming combination, which consistently produced up to 40% TNNT2

Indexed as

Myocytes, CardiacTranscription FactorsAnimalsCellular ReprogrammingFibroblastsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationHumansMiceTranscription FactorsCalcium cyclingCardiomyocyteDirect reprogrammingFibroblastHigh-throughputSpontaneous contraction

Identifiers

PMID37421991
PMCPMC10495191
OpenAlexW4383314854

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