Cardiac tissue engineering by electrical stimulation with subcutaneous and cardiac adipose-tissue derived progenitor cells (ATDPCs)


Autoria(s): Bayés-Genís, Antoni; Llucià-Valldeperas, Aida; Sánchez Terrones, Benjamín; Soler-Botija, C.; Roura, S.; Prat-Vidal, C.; Gálvez-Montón, C.; Rosell Ferrer, Francisco Javier; Bragós Bardia, Ramon
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. IEB - Instrumentació Electrònica i Biomèdica

Resumo

A major challenge of cardiac tissue engineering is directing cells to establish the physiological structure and function of the myocardium being replaced. In native heart, pacing cells generate electrical stimuli that spread throughout the heartcausing cell membrane depolarization and activation of contractile apparatus. We ought to examine whether electricalstimulation of adipose tissue-derived progenitor cells (ATDPCs) exerts phenotypic and genetic changes that enhance theircardiomyogenic potential.

Peer Reviewed

Postprint (published version)

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2117/16057

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Fundació 'La Caixa'

Direitos

Restricted access - publisher's policy

Palavras-Chave #Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica i telecomunicacions::Electrònica biomèdica #Heart rate monitoring. #Heart cells #Cor -- Batecs
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/other