Journal article

Induction of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocyte proliferation revealed by combinatorial screening in high density microbioreactor arrays

DM Titmarsh, NR Glass, RJ Mills, A Hidalgo, EJ Wolvetang, ER Porrello, JE Hudson, JJ Cooper-White

Scientific Reports | NATURE PORTFOLIO | Published : 2016

Abstract

Inducing cardiomyocyte proliferation in post-mitotic adult heart tissue is attracting significant attention as a therapeutic strategy to regenerate the heart after injury. Model animal screens have identified several candidate signalling pathways, however, it remains unclear as to what extent these pathways can be exploited, either individually or in combination, in the human system. The advent of human cardiac cells from directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) now provides the ability to interrogate human cardiac biology in vitro, but it remains difficult with existing culture formats to simply and rapidly elucidate signalling pathway penetrance and interplay. To fa..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the Australian Research Council Special Research Initiatives Scheme ( Stem Cells Australia, http://www.stemcellsaustralia.edu.au) for funding. E. R. P. and J. E. H. are supported by grants and fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. This work was partly performed at the Australian National Fabrication Facility, a company established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy to provide nano- and microfabrication facilities for Australia's researchers.