ERRγ enhances cardiac maturation with T-tubule formation in human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes

Cardiomyocytes (CMs) derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) suffer from limited maturation. Here the authors identify ERRγ agonist as a factor that enhances cardiac morphological, metabolic, contractile and electrical maturation of hiPSC-derived CMs with T-tubule formation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kenji Miki, Kohei Deguchi, Misato Nakanishi-Koakutsu, Antonio Lucena-Cacace, Shigeru Kondo, Yuya Fujiwara, Takeshi Hatani, Masako Sasaki, Yuki Naka, Chikako Okubo, Megumi Narita, Ikue Takei, Stephanie C. Napier, Tsukasa Sugo, Sachiko Imaichi, Taku Monjo, Tatsuya Ando, Norihisa Tamura, Kenichi Imahashi, Tomoyuki Nishimoto, Yoshinori Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23816-3