Casting of the Cardiac Microtissue Molds and Cell Seeding
3:32
Fixation and Permeabilization of the Cells and the Cardiac Microtissues for Immunostaining
5:45
Digestion of the Cardiac Microtissues and Cell Preparation for the Flow Cytometry
7:34
Results: Estimation of the Purity, Morphology, the Contraction Profile of the Cells in the Cardiac Microtissues
9:47
Conclusion
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The protocol combines the power of generating human cardiovascular cell types using induced pluripotent stem cells and a versatile technique to generate beating cardiac spheroids in less than 72 hours. These cardiac spheroids can be used for disea
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Here, we describe an easy-to-use methodology to generate 3D self-assembled cardiac microtissue arrays composed of pre-differentiated human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes, cardiac fibroblasts, and endothelial cells. This user-friendly and low cell requiring technique to generate cardiac microtissues can be implemented for disease modeling and early stages of drug development.