Ban et al., Theranostics, 2017

 2017 May 17;7(7):2067-2077. doi: 10.7150/thno.19427. eCollection 2017.

Current Strategies and Challenges for Purification of Cardiomyocytes Derived from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.

Ban K1Bae S2Yoon YS2,3.

Abstract

Cardiomyocytes (CMs) derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are considered a most promising option for cell-based cardiac repair. Hence, various protocols have been developed for differentiating hPSCs into CMs. Despite remarkable improvement in the generation of hPSC-CMs, without purification, these protocols can only generate mixed cell populations including undifferentiated hPSCs or non-CMs, which may elicit adverse outcomes. Therefore, one of the major challenges for clinical use of hPSC-CMs is the development of efficient isolation techniques that allow enrichment of hPSC-CMs. In this review, we will discuss diverse strategies that have been developed to enrich hPSC-CMs. We will describe major characteristics of individual hPSC-CM purification methods including their scientific principles, advantages, limitations, and needed improvements. Development of a comprehensive system which can enrich hPSC-CMs will be ultimately useful for cell therapy for diseased hearts, human cardiac disease modeling, cardiac toxicity screening, and cardiac tissue engineering.

KEYWORDS:

Cardiomyocytes; hPSCs

PMID:
28638487
PMCID:
PMC5479288
DOI:
10.7150/thno.19427
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Categories: 2017