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Recent Patents on Regenerative Medicine

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ISSN (Print): 2210-2965
ISSN (Online): 2210-2973

New Chemicals Drive Mesenchymal Stem Cells Towards Cardiac Cells

Author(s): Lionetti Vincenzo and Carlo Ventura

Volume 3, Issue 1, 2013

Page: [47 - 55] Pages: 9

DOI: 10.2174/2210296511303010047

Price: $65

Abstract

Healthy and active stem cells are able to differentiate into mature cells of the cardiac tissue, such as cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts and endothelial cells. Adult stem cells seem to be less responsive to stimuli of differentiation in cardiomiocytes, as compared to embrional stem cells. However, the extent of survival, proliferation, and cardiac differentiation of adult stem cells can be enhanced by physical and chemical agents. The chemical conditioning of cell plasticity can be performed on endogenous stem cells, directly into the beating heart, or in vitro, acting on stem cells prior to cardiac delivery. A major goal for Inventors has been the discovery of chemical compounds targeted for cardiac cell therapy, such as small-molecules that can modify the expression of hallmarks genes leading to stem cell commitment to a cardiac fate. Our review will highlight the most recent patents declaring the design of innovative chemical inducers of stem cell-derived cardiac cells.

Keywords: Cardiac cells, cardiac fate, chemical agents, drug discovery, heart, pre-differentiation, stem cells, Sulfonyl Hydrazones, HDAC Inhibitors, Macrociclic Compounds.


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