使hiPSC

Saif Dababneh1, Homa Hamledari2, Yasaman Maaref2

  • 1Cellular and Regenerative Medicine Centre, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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概括

人类诱导的多能干细胞 (hiPSCs) 正在彻底改变疾病建模. 由hiPSC衍生的心肌细胞 (hiPSC-CMs) 提供了一种强大的工具,可以帮助我们了解心肌缩性心脏病 (HCM) 的分子机制和遗传变异的影响.

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