Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic.
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.
Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:512831. doi: 10.1155/2014/512831. Epub 2014 Apr 2.
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).
人多能干细胞(hPSCs),即胚胎干细胞(ESCs)和诱导多能干细胞(iPSCs),具有无限自我更新的能力,并能分化为所有三个胚层的细胞类型,代表了发育生物学、药物筛选、疾病建模和潜在的细胞替代治疗方面的强大研究工具。为了最大限度地利用这些细胞,需要有能够产生我们感兴趣的细胞类型的高效分化方案。在本工作中,我们旨在专注于 hPSCs 体外分化为功能性心肌细胞的方案,以及在基于患者特异性 iPSC 衍生的心肌细胞(iPSC-CMs)的心脏病建模和药物测试方面的进展。