由心脏原生细胞和差异化心肌细胞形成的工程心脏组织在差异化匹配的时间点表现出类似的生理特性

Lavanya Aryan1, Jennifer A E Esteves1,2, James Tabor2

  • 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.

Biofabrication
|October 13, 2025
PubMed
概括

人类多能干细胞衍生心血管原始体 (iPSC-CVP) 为再生医学提供了一个有前途的替代方案. 这些细胞使功能性工程心脏组织能够改善治疗先天性心脏缺陷的可行性.

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