Differentiating the human heart: A focus on atrioventricular canal cardiomyocytes

Paige Takasugi; Li Qian

Cell Reports (Apr 2024)

Differentiating the human heart: A focus on atrioventricular canal cardiomyocytes

Paige Takasugi,
Li Qian

Affiliations

Paige Takasugi: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Li Qian: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Corresponding author

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 43, no. 4
p. 114085

Abstract

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Bioengineering of a functional human heart continues to face many challenges, including the production of distinct cardiac cell types. Now, in Cell Stem Cell, Ye et al.1 develop AVC-like cardiomyocytes through timing- and concentration-specific activation of canonical Wnt signaling.

Published in Cell Reports

ISSN: 2211-1247 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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