A Micropatterned Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Ventricular Cardiac Anisotropic Sheet for Visualizing Drug-Induced Arrhythmogenicity.

Shum, Angie M Y; Che, Hui; Wong, Andy On-Tik; Zhang, Chenzi; Wu, Hongkai; Chan, Camie W Y; Costa, Kevin; Khine, Michelle et al. · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A novel cardiomimetic biohybrid material, termed as the human ventricular cardiac anisotropic sheet (hvCAS) is reported. Well-characterized human pluripotent stem-cell-derived ventricular cardiomyocytes are strategically aligned to reproduce key electrophysiological features of native human ventricle, which, along with specific selection criteria, allows for a direct visualization of arrhythmic spiral re-entry and represents a revolutionary tool to assess preclinical drug-induced arrhythmogenicity.

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