Atrial-like Engineered Heart Tissue: An In Vitro Model of the Human Atrium

Summary: Cardiomyocytes (CMs) generated from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are under investigation for their suitability as human models in preclinical drug development. Antiarrhythmic drug development focuses on atrial biology for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Here we used r...

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Main Authors: Marta Lemme, Bärbel M. Ulmer, Marc D. Lemoine, Antonia T.L. Zech, Frederik Flenner, Ursula Ravens, Hermann Reichenspurner, Miriam Rol-Garcia, Godfrey Smith, Arne Hansen, Torsten Christ, Thomas Eschenhagen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Stem Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213671118304314