Induced pluripotent stem cells and cardiovascular disease

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Induced pluripotent stem cells have great prospects in tissue repair, due to the characteristic of self-renewal, multi-directional differentiation, no immunological rejection and ethics controversy. OBJECTIVE: To summarize the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells towards cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells, and their applications in the cardiovascular diseases. METHODS: The first author performed a data retrieval of PubMed and CNKI databases from 2000 to 2015 to search articles addressing the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells towards cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells, and reviewed the literatures systematically. Finally, 78 articles were chosen for further analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Induced pluripotent stem cells can differentiate into cardiovascular cells through a variety of methods. Factors such as cyclosporin A and ascorbic acid C may improve myocardial differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells, while vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor may improve the endothelial differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells. Cardiovascular cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells can be applied to build disease models in vitro, transplantation in vivo and drug screening.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5440-5449
Number of pages10
JournalChinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research
Volume20
Issue number36
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Cardiac
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Endothelial Cells
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
  • Myocytes
  • Tissue Engineering

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