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Therapeutic Cardiac Patches for Repairing the Myocardium

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Cell Biology and Translational Medicine, Volume 5

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((CBTMED,volume 1144))

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The explosion of stem cell research in the past several years has made its presence known in the field of cardiology and has been recently tasked with solving one of the largest health problems to afflict humanity: cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although stem cell therapy has shown glimmers of promise, significant problems remain that need to be addressed if these therapies are to ever find true success. One way to achieve this success is to take engineering principles and apply them to fabricate engineered cardiac tissues, composed of the aforementioned therapeutic stem cells and biomaterials to bolster the tissue’s reparative capacity. In this review, the authors examine advancements in cardiac cell therapy and biomaterial research and discuss how their combination has been used to create tissue-engineered patches capable of restoring function to the damaged or failing myocardium.

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Abbreviations

BMMNCs:

bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells

CDC:

cardiosphere-derived cell

CM:

cardiomyocyte

CSC:

cardiac stem cell

CTE:

cardiac tissue engineering

CVD:

cardiovascular disease

EC:

endothelial cell

ECM:

extracellular matrix

EHT:

engineered heart tissue

ESC:

embryonic stem cell

HF:

heart failure

HSF1:

heat shock factor 1

iPSC:

induced pluripotent stem cell

Isl-1:

Islet-1

LV:

left ventricle

MI:

myocardial infarction

miRNA:

micro-RNA

MSC:

mesenchymal stem cells

PCL:

polycaprolactone

PGS:

poly(glycerol serbate)

PLGA:

poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid

PLLA:

poly-(L-lactic) acid

Sca1:

stem cell antigen-1

SIS:

small intestinal submucosa

SkMBs:

skeletal myoblasts

SMC:

smooth muscle cell

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Streeter, B.W., Davis, M.E. (2018). Therapeutic Cardiac Patches for Repairing the Myocardium. In: Turksen, K. (eds) Cell Biology and Translational Medicine, Volume 5. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology(), vol 1144. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2018_309

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