Intramyocardial Transplantation of Human iPS Cell–Derived Cardiac Spheroids Improves Cardiac Function in Heart Failure Animals

Shinji Kawaguchi, Yusuke Soma, Kazuaki Nakajima, Hideaki Kanazawa, Shugo Tohyama, Ryota Tabei, Akinori Hirano, Noriko Handa, Yoshitake Yamada, Shigeo Okuda, Shuji Hishikawa, Takumi Teratani, Satoshi Kunita, Yoshikazu Kishino, Marina Okada, Sho Tanosaki, Shota Someya, Yuika Morita, Hidenori Tani, Yujiro KawaiMasataka Yamazaki, Akira Ito, Rei Shibata, Toyoaki Murohara, Yasuhiko Tabata, Eiji Kobayashi, Hideyuki Shimizu, Keiichi Fukuda, Jun Fujita

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Abstract

The severe shortage of donor hearts hampered the cardiac transplantation to patients with advanced heart failure. Therefore, cardiac regenerative therapies are eagerly awaited as a substitution. Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are realistic cell source for regenerative cardiomyocytes. The hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes are highly expected to help the recovery of heart. Avoidance of teratoma formation and large-scale culture of cardiomyocytes are definitely necessary for clinical setting. The combination of pure cardiac spheroids and gelatin hydrogel succeeded to recover reduced ejection fraction. The feasible transplantation strategy including transplantation device for regenerative cardiomyocytes are established in this study.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)239-254
Number of pages16
JournalJACC: Basic to Translational Science
Volume6
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 03-2021
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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