Calcium Handling in hiPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes

Calcium Handling in hiPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes -- Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure -- Embryonic Stem Cells/Pluripotent Stem Cells -- Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (hiPSC)-Derived Cardiomyocytes as a Source for Cardiac Regeneration -- Spontaneous Cardiac Differentiation -- Mesoderm Enrichment by Wnt-Signaling Growth Factors -- Endoderm-Like Cell (END)-2 Co-culture Method -- Calcium Homeostasis in Cardiomyocytes -- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (SR) Governs Maturity of Cardiomyocytes -- SR Junctional Proteins Play a Role in Calcium Flux Between Cytosol and SR -- Spatial and Temporal Ca2+ Wavefront Dictated by T-Tubule Structure -- IP3-Mediated Calcium Release Contributes to Whole-Cell Calcium Transients -- Calcium Handling Properties of hES-Derived Cardiomyocytes -- Calcium Handling Properties of hiPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes -- iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocyte as a Potential Platform for Disease Modeling of the Impaired Calcium Handling-Related Syndrome -- Disease Modeling of Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) -- Mitochondrial Dysfunction-Related Cardiomyopathy-Impaired SR Ca2+ Reuptake -- Measurement of Cytosolic [Ca2+] by Fluorescence Confocal Microscopy -- Materials -- Calibration of Fluo-3 -- Isolation of hiPSC- and hESC-Derived Cardiomyocytes -- Recording of Cytosolic [Ca2+] -- RT-qPCR of Calcium Handling Proteins.