title: Muscle-on-chip: An in vitro model for donor-host cardiomyocyte coupling.
abstract: A key aspect of cardiac cell-based therapy is the proper integration of newly formed cardiomyocytes into the remnant myocardium after injury. In this issue, Aratyn-Schaus et al. (2016. J. Cell Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201508026) describe an in vitro model for heterogeneous cardiomyocyte coupling in which force transmission between cells can be measured.
authors: Division of Heart and Lungs, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht and Hubrecht Institute, 3584 CX Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors: Pieterjan
authors: P
authors: Dierickx
authors: Division of Heart and Lungs, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht and Hubrecht Institute, 3584 CX Utrecht, Netherlands l.w.vanlaake@umcutrecht.nl.
authors: Linda W
authors: LW
authors: Van Laake
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002450:Cell Communication; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000502:physiology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*