Cardiac Development Study
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Construction of Defined Human Engineered Cardiac Tissues to Study Mechanisms of Cardiac Cell Therapy
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2016
This manuscript describes the creation of defined engineered cardiac tissues using surface marker expression and cell sorting. The defined tissues can then be used in a multi-tissue bioreactor to investigate mechanisms of cardiac cell therapy in order to provide a functional, yet controlled, model system of the human heart.
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Neonatal Cardiac Scaffolds: Novel Matrices for Regenerative Studies
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2016
In these studies, we provide methodology for novel, neonatal, murine cardiac scaffolds for use in regenerative studies.
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Heart Dissection: A Method to Observe Zebrafish Cardiac Development
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2023
This video describes a technique of isolating the heart from a zebrafish at multiple developmental stages to study cardiac development, maturation, and ageing.
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Visualization of Streptococcus pneumoniae within Cardiac Microlesions and Subsequent Cardiac Remodeling
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2015
Streptococcus pneumoniae forms discrete non-purulent microscopic lesions in the heart. Outlined is the protocol for a murine model of cardiac microlesion formation. Instruction is provided on microlesion visualization using microscopy, discrimination between early and late microlesions, and methods to detect cardiac remodeling in hearts of convalescent animals.
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An Ex vivo Culture System to Study Thyroid Development
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2014
This protocol describes dissection of mouse embryonic thyroid anlagen and the culture of explants on semiporous filters or on microscopy plastic slides. This system is ideal to study morphogenetic or differentiation events occurring during thyroid development of wild type or knockout embryos, and is amenable to gain- and loss-of-function experiments.
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Cardiac progenitor specification establishes which developing cells will contribute to cardiac tissues, while coordinated migration positions them within the growing embryo. Subsequent differentiation gives these cells specialized identities, and tissue morphogenesis organizes them into functional structures. Studying this sequence helps connect early cellular decisions with the later formation of chambers, valves, conduction tissues, and blood vessels.
Signaling between developing cells coordinates specification, migration, differentiation, and tissue organization rather than allowing these events to proceed independently. These interactions help developing tissues acquire appropriate structures and functions. Examining signaling therefore provides a mechanistic link between molecular activity and heart morphogenesis, while also helping researchers identify developmental processes that may be altered in congenital heart defects.
Cardiac Development Study follows the transition from early embryonic formation to postnatal maturation, when the heart continues to acquire mature structure and function. Researchers compare developmental stages to determine how initially forming tissues become organized cardiac components. This perspective connects early morphogenesis with later physiological maturity and supports investigation of when developmental abnormalities may arise.
Researchers combine genetic, cellular, molecular, and imaging approaches to examine cardiac development at complementary levels. Genetic studies can relate developmental events to specific biological programs, cellular and molecular analyses characterize changing cell states and interactions, and imaging reveals tissue organization over time. Together, these methods connect cellular mechanisms with visible structural outcomes in the developing heart.
The field helps trace congenital heart defects to disruptions in coordinated developmental events such as progenitor specification, cell migration, differentiation, tissue morphogenesis, or signaling. Linking these processes to abnormal chamber, valve, conduction tissue, or blood vessel formation provides a framework for interpreting how structural and functional problems emerge. That knowledge supports more informed disease modeling and developmental research.
Developmental findings provide a biological framework for building disease models that reproduce relevant cardiac formation defects and for evaluating how developmental pathways behave in abnormal conditions. The same knowledge may guide regenerative medicine by identifying pathways associated with cardiac tissue formation and maturation. Researchers can therefore study whether developmental mechanisms might be adapted to support cardiac repair.