Wnt Activation and Reduced Cell-Cell Contact Synergistically Induce Massive Expansion of Functional Human iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes

Jan W Buikema, Soah Lee, William R Goodyer, Renee G Maas, Orlando Chirikian, Guang Li, Yi Miao, Sharon L Paige, Daniel Lee, Haodi Wu, David T Paik, Siyeon Rhee, Lei Tian, Francisco X Galdos, Nazan Puluca, Benjamin Beyersdorf, James Hu, Aimee Beck, Sneha Venkamatran, Srilatha SwamiPaul Wijnker, Maike Schuldt, Larissa M Dorsch, Alain van Mil, Kristy Red-Horse, Joy Y Wu, Caroline Geisen, Michael Hesse, Vahid Serpooshan, Stefan Jovinge, Bernd K Fleischmann, Pieter A Doevendans, Jolanda van der Velden, K Christopher Garcia, Joseph C Wu, Joost P G Sluijter, Sean M Wu

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Abstract

Deriving a large number of hiPSC-cardiomyocytes would be beneficial for large-scale tissue engineering and drug screening applications. Buikema et al. show that GSK-3β inhibition combined with removal of cell-cell contact enables massive expansion of hiPSC-cardiomyocytes with comparable function to non-expanded cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)50-63.e5
JournalCell stem cell
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2020

Keywords

  • GSK3
  • Wnt signaling
  • cardiomyocytes
  • expansion
  • induced pluripotent stem cells
  • maturation
  • proliferation

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