title: Human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes as research and therapeutic tools.
abstract: Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), namely, embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), with their ability of indefinite self-renewal and capability to differentiate into cell types derivatives of all three germ layers, represent a powerful research tool in developmental biology, for drug screening, disease modelling, and potentially cell replacement therapy. Efficient differentiation protocols that would result in the cell type of our interest are needed for maximal exploitation of these cells. In the present work, we aim at focusing on the protocols for differentiation of hPSCs into functional cardiomyocytes in vitro as well as achievements in the heart disease modelling and drug testing on the patient-specific iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6992-3274
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Acimovic
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0898-5401
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vilotic
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic ; ICRC, St. Anne's University Hospital, 60200 Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pesl
authors.affiliation: INSERM U1046, University of Montpellier I, University of Montpellier II, 34295 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lacampagne
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic ; ICRC, St. Anne's University Hospital, 60200 Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dvorak
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rotrekl
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic ; INSERM U1046, University of Montpellier I, University of Montpellier II, 34295 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Albano C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Meli
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells; D057905:Stem Cell Research