2023
Increased length-dependent activation of human engineered heart tissue after chronic α1A-adrenergic agonist treatment: testing a novel heart failure therapy
Rupert C, López J, Cortez-Toledo E, De la Cruz Cabrera O, Chesler N, Simpson P, Campbell S, Baker A. Increased length-dependent activation of human engineered heart tissue after chronic α1A-adrenergic agonist treatment: testing a novel heart failure therapy. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2023, 324: h293-h304. PMID: 36637971, PMCID: PMC9886349, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00279.2022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdrenergic AgonistsAnimalsHeart FailureHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMyocardial ContractionMyocytes, CardiacReceptors, AdrenergicReceptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1SwineConceptsHuman heart failureHeart failureAR stimulationChronic stimulationLength-dependent activationVehicle treatmentHeart tissueAdrenergic receptorsHuman EHTsAnimal heart failure modelNovel heart failure therapiesHeart failure therapyHeart failure modelMultiple preclinical modelsFailure therapyAgonist treatmentSeparate control experimentsPreclinical modelsDrug washoutTherapeutic effectTranslational significanceHuman myocardiumBaseline testingRNA-seq analysisPig myocardium
2022
Physiological calcium combined with electrical pacing accelerates maturation of human engineered heart tissue
Shen S, Sewanan LR, Shao S, Halder SS, Stankey P, Li X, Campbell SG. Physiological calcium combined with electrical pacing accelerates maturation of human engineered heart tissue. Stem Cell Reports 2022, 17: 2037-2049. PMID: 35931080, PMCID: PMC9481907, DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCalciumCell DifferentiationHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMyocytes, CardiacTissue EngineeringConceptsHuman-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytesWide potential applicationsRegenerative medicineScalable platformElectrical pacingPotential applicationsForce-frequency behaviorCardiac troponin IPluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytesStem cell-derived cardiomyocytesAdrenergic responseCell-derived cardiomyocytesFunctional maturationHiPSC-CM maturationTroponin IClinical researchTwitch kineticsHeart tissuePhysiological CaPacingPhysiological calciumApplicationsBasic researchRole of CaMaturation