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ArticleScientific reports2024

Mechanical stimulation of induced pluripotent stem derived cardiac fibroblasts.

Fjodor T Bekedam, Rowan Smal, Marisa C Smit, Jurjan Aman, Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf, Harm Jan Bogaard, Marie José Goumans, Frances S De Man, Aida Llucià-Valldeperas

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fjodor T BekedamPHEniX Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Rowan SmalPHEniX Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Marisa C SmitPHEniX Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jurjan AmanPHEniX Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Anton Vonk-NoordegraafPHEniX Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Harm Jan BogaardPHEniX Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Marie José GoumansDepartment of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden UMC, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Frances S De ManPHEniX Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. fs.deman@amsterdamumc.nl.
Aida Llucià-ValldeperasPHEniX Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.lluciavalldeperas@amsterdamumc.nl.
Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NLVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLLeiden University · NL

Funding

Dutch Heart Foundation Dekker senior postdoc grant (2018T059)Dutch Lung Fund Dirkje Postma AwardNetherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO-VENI: 0915.01649.10155Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO-VICI: 918.16.610Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO-VIDI: 917.18.338the Netherlands CardioVascular Research Initiative CVON-2012-08 PHAEDRA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac fibrosis contributes to the development of heart failure, and is the response of cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) to pressure or volume overload. Limiting factors in CFs research are the poor availability of human cells and the tendency of CFs to transdifferentiate into myofibroblasts when cultured in vitro. The possibility to generate CFs from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), providing a nearly unlimited cell source, opens new possibilities. However, the behaviour of iPSC-CFs under mechanical stimulation has not been studied yet. Our study aimed to assess the behaviour of iPSC-CFs under mechanical stretch and pro-fibrotic conditions. First, we confirm that iPSC-CFs are comparable to primary CFs at gene, protein and functional level. Furthermore, iPSC-derived CFs adopt a pro-fibrotic response to transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β). In addition, mechanical stretch inhibits TGF-β-induced fibroblast activation in iPSC-CFs. Thus, the responsiveness to cytokines and mechanical stimulation of iPSC-CFs demonstrates they possess key characteristics of primary CFs and may be useful for disease modelling.

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FibroblastsInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsTransforming Growth Factor betaCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedFibrosisHumansMyocardiumMyofibroblastsStress, MechanicalTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID38684844
PMCPMC11058244
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