Fibroblasts Can Be Genetically Modified to Produce Excitable Cells Capable of Electrical Coupling

Eddy Kizana, Samantha L. Ginn, David G. Allen, +2

Circulation

SUMO1-dependent modulation of SERCA2a in heart failure

Changwon Kho, Ah Young Lee, Dongtak Jeong, +5

Nature

Cardiac MuscleCardiomyopathyHeart FailureMolecular PhysiologyPhysiology +4

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Overestimates Ferumoxide-Labeled Stem Cell Survival After Transplantation in the Heart

John Terrovitis, Matthias Stuber, Amr Youssef, +8

Circulation

C2C12 Co‐culture on a fibroblast substratum enables sustained survival of contractile, highly differentiated myotubes with peripheral nuclei and adult fast myosin expression

Sandra T. Cooper, Adam L. Maxwell, Eddy Kizana, +5

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Ectopic Expression of the Sodium-Iodide Symporter Enables Imaging of Transplanted Cardiac Stem Cells In Vivo by Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography or Positron Emission Tomography

John Terrovitis, Keng Fai Kwok, Riikka Läutamaki, +13

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Positron Emission TomographyRegenerative MedicineTransplantationEngineeringMedical Imaging +11

CAPON modulates cardiac repolarization via neuronal nitric oxide synthase signaling in the heart

Kuan‐Cheng Chang, Andreas S. Barth, Tetsuo Sasano, +5

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Cardiac MuscleCapon Gene VariantsGeneticsCardiac RepolarizationSocial Sciences +16

Isolation and expansion of functionally-competent cardiac progenitor cells directly from heart biopsies

Darryl R. Davis, Eddy Kizana, John Terrovitis, +5

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Progenitor CellsRegenerative MedicineHeart BiopsiesEmbryonic Stem CellDevelopmental Biology +13

Intramyocardial Adiposity After Myocardial Infarction

Jim Pouliopoulos, W. Chik, A. Kanthan, +9

Circulation

Vascularized Cardiac Spheroids as Novel 3D in vitro Models to Study Cardiac Fibrosis

Gemma A. Figtree, Kristen J. Bubb, Owen Tang, +2

Cells Tissues Organs

Tissue EngineeringCardiac MuscleEngineeringCardiac Progenitor CellsBiofabrication +26

Platelet-derived growth factor-AB improves scar mechanics and vascularity after myocardial infarction

Sujitha Thavapalachandran, Stuart M. Grieve, Robert D. Hume, +24

Science Translational Medicine