Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital 1 article published in JoVE Bioengineering Preparation of Mesh-Shaped Engineered Cardiac Tissues Derived from Human iPS Cells for In Vivo Myocardial Repair Takeichiro Nakane1,2,6, Mosha Abulaiti1,2, Yuko Sasaki1, William J. Kowalski3, Bradley B. Keller4,5,7, Hidetoshi Masumoto1,2 1Clinical Translational Research Program, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 3Laboratory of Stem Cell and Neuro-Vascular Biology, Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Institutes of Health, 4Kosair Charities Pediatric Heart Research Program, Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, 5Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, 6Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, 7 The present protocol generates mesh-shaped engineered cardiac tissues containing cardiovascular cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells to allow the investigation of cell implantation therapy for heart diseases.
