30 results about "Cardiac progenitors" patented technology

The present invention relates to the induction of differentiation in stem cells to cardiomyocytes and factors such as prostaglandin alone or in combination with other factors including essential minerals selected from the group including transferrin and selenium, small molecules selected from the group including a p38 MAPK inhibitor such as SB203580 and protein growth factors of the FGF, IGF and BMP families such as but not limited to IGF1, FGF2, BMP2, BMP4 and BMP6. and insulin that influence the process of differentiation to cardiomyocytes. Media that is appropriate for the induction of differentiation of cardiomyocytes from stem cells is also provided wherein the media contains these factors. The use of cardiomyocytes and cardiac progenitors produced by the directed differentiation in transplantation and screening for cardiac compounds is also provided.

An object of the present invention is to provide a myocardial progenitor cell that is specifically induced to differentiate into a cardiomyocyte, and a method for preparing the myocardial progenitor cell. A method for preparing a CD82-positive cell includes, in sequence, a step (a) of obtaining stem cells, a step (b) of subjecting the stem cells to induction treatment of differentiation into cardiovascular cells, and a step (c) of separating, from the stem cells having been subjected to the induction treatment of differentiation in the step (b), a CD82-positive cell being negative for at least one cell surface marker selected from CD73, CD44, CD105, CD121a, CD18, and CD120a. This method enables preparation of a CD82-positive cell for use as a myocardial progenitor cell.

The present invention provides a method for production or detection of a cardiomyocyte(s) and / or cardiac progenitor cell(s), comprises extracting a cardiomyocyte(s) and / or cardiac progenitor cell(s) from a cell population comprising cardiomyocytes and / or cardiac progenitor cells using as an index VCAM1 positivity.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a chitosan-silk fibroin composite nano-fiber multifunctional patch for promoting myocardial tissue regeneration and monitoring stem cells. The method comprises the following steps: preparing a cellulose nano-fiber basal plate by an electrostatic spinning technology; alternately assembling positively charged chitosan (CS) and negatively charged silk fibroin (SF) to the surface of nano-fibers layer by layer by adopting a layer-by-layer assembly technique, and assembling 5.5-10.5 layers to form a CS-SF composite nano-fiber membrane; and planting seed cells of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells or cardiac progenitor cells labeled by green fluorescent protein and firefly luciferase on the surface of the CS-SF composite nano-fiber membrane, preparing the patch by three-dimensional co-culture. The patch has excellent biocompatibility, can be used as a cell vector, has an effect of resisting oxidative stress to improve the survival rate and treatment efficiency of stem cells, and is capable of evaluating the number, distribution and function states of transplanted stem cells, effectively preventing occurrence of post-myocardial infarction heart failure and reducing the death rate of ischemic cardiomyopathy.

This disclosure provides a chemically modified induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell derived from parental cells and methods for generating the chemically induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, as well as cardiac progenitor cells capable of producing cells of multiple sub-lineages. The iPS cells are useful in method for or regenerating cardiac muscle tissue or to promote the replacement of cardiac scar tissue or to rejuvenating cardiac muscles in a patient in need thereof and to treat cardiac disease.

Provided herein is a new method to isolate and expand cardiac progenitor / stem cells from a placenta, which produces a cell population enriched in multipotent functional progenitor / stem cells. Cardiac progenitor / stem cells isolated by this method maintain their self-renewal character in vitro and differentiate into normal cells in myocardium, including cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells, after transplantation into ischemic hearts. Also provided in this application are substantially pure populations of multipotent cardiac progenitor / stem cells, and their use to treat and prevent diseases and injuries, including those resulting from myocardial infarction. A model for assessing the potential of cardiac stem cells for treatment of myocardial infarction is also provided.