Reprogramming and transdifferentiation for cardiovascular development and regenerative medicine: where do we stand?

Abstract Heart disease remains a leading cause of mortality and a major worldwide healthcare burden. Recent advances in stem cell biology have made it feasible to derive large quantities of cardiomyocytes for disease modeling, drug development, and regenerative medicine. The discoveries of reprogram...

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Main Authors: Antje D Ebert, Sebastian Diecke, Ian Y Chen, Joseph C Wu
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Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2015-07-01
Series:EMBO Molecular Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201504395
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description Abstract Heart disease remains a leading cause of mortality and a major worldwide healthcare burden. Recent advances in stem cell biology have made it feasible to derive large quantities of cardiomyocytes for disease modeling, drug development, and regenerative medicine. The discoveries of reprogramming and transdifferentiation as novel biological processes have significantly contributed to this paradigm. This review surveys the means by which reprogramming and transdifferentiation can be employed to generate induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC‐CMs) and induced cardiomyocytes (iCMs). The application of these patient‐specific cardiomyocytes for both in vitro disease modeling and in vivo therapies for various cardiovascular diseases will also be discussed. We propose that, with additional refinement, human disease‐specific cardiomyocytes will allow us to significantly advance the understanding of cardiovascular disease mechanisms and accelerate the development of novel therapeutic options.
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spelling doaj-art-31e62052ac2e434da615c665df94e51d2025-08-20T03:06:01ZengSpringer NatureEMBO Molecular Medicine1757-46761757-46842015-07-01791090110310.15252/emmm.201504395Reprogramming and transdifferentiation for cardiovascular development and regenerative medicine: where do we stand?Antje D Ebert0Sebastian Diecke1Ian Y Chen2Joseph C Wu3Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of MedicineMax Delbrück CenterStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of MedicineStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of MedicineAbstract Heart disease remains a leading cause of mortality and a major worldwide healthcare burden. Recent advances in stem cell biology have made it feasible to derive large quantities of cardiomyocytes for disease modeling, drug development, and regenerative medicine. The discoveries of reprogramming and transdifferentiation as novel biological processes have significantly contributed to this paradigm. This review surveys the means by which reprogramming and transdifferentiation can be employed to generate induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC‐CMs) and induced cardiomyocytes (iCMs). The application of these patient‐specific cardiomyocytes for both in vitro disease modeling and in vivo therapies for various cardiovascular diseases will also be discussed. We propose that, with additional refinement, human disease‐specific cardiomyocytes will allow us to significantly advance the understanding of cardiovascular disease mechanisms and accelerate the development of novel therapeutic options.https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201504395cardiomyocytesdisease modelinggenome editinghuman induced pluripotent stem cellstissue engineering
spellingShingle Antje D Ebert
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Reprogramming and transdifferentiation for cardiovascular development and regenerative medicine: where do we stand?
EMBO Molecular Medicine
cardiomyocytes
disease modeling
genome editing
human induced pluripotent stem cells
tissue engineering
title Reprogramming and transdifferentiation for cardiovascular development and regenerative medicine: where do we stand?
title_full Reprogramming and transdifferentiation for cardiovascular development and regenerative medicine: where do we stand?
title_fullStr Reprogramming and transdifferentiation for cardiovascular development and regenerative medicine: where do we stand?
title_full_unstemmed Reprogramming and transdifferentiation for cardiovascular development and regenerative medicine: where do we stand?
title_short Reprogramming and transdifferentiation for cardiovascular development and regenerative medicine: where do we stand?
title_sort reprogramming and transdifferentiation for cardiovascular development and regenerative medicine where do we stand
topic cardiomyocytes
disease modeling
genome editing
human induced pluripotent stem cells
tissue engineering
url https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201504395
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