Abstract
Purpose of Review
The goal of this review is to highlight the potential of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based modeling as a tool for studying human cardiovascular diseases. We present some of the current cardiovascular disease models utilizing genome editing and patient-derived iPSCs.
Recent Findings
The incorporation of genome-editing and iPSC technologies provides an innovative research platform, providing novel insight into human cardiovascular disease at molecular, cellular, and functional level. In addition, genome editing in diseased iPSC lines holds potential for personalized regenerative therapies.
Summary
The study of human cardiovascular disease has been revolutionized by cellular reprogramming and genome editing discoveries. These exceptional technologies provide an opportunity to generate human cell cardiovascular disease models and enable therapeutic strategy development in a dish. We anticipate these technologies to improve our understanding of cardiovascular disease pathophysiology leading to optimal treatment for heart diseases in the future.
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This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health grants 5R01HL104040, 5R01HL095813, and P50GM115305 to C.C.H. and by UL1TR000445 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
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Chun, Y.W., Durbin, M.D. & Hong, C.C. Genome Editing and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technologies for Personalized Study of Cardiovascular Diseases. Curr Cardiol Rep 20, 38 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-018-0984-9
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