Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2020, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (16): 2599-2605.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016

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Hot issues of research on cells and biological scaffolds in cardiac tissue engineering

Cai Zhibin, Wang Ping   

  1. Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, Yan’an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, Yan’an Hospital of Kunming, Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kunming 650051, Yunnan Province, China
  • Received:2019-06-18 Revised:2019-06-29 Accepted:2019-07-23 Online:2020-06-08 Published:2020-03-28
  • Contact: Wang Ping, Master, Associate professor, Master’s supervisor, Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, Yan’an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, Yan’an Hospital of Kunming, Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kunming 650051, Yunnan Province, China
  • About author:Cai Zhibin, Master candidate, Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, Yan’an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, Yan’an Hospital of Kunming, Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kunming 650051, Yunnan Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the Combined Project of Yunnan Department of Science and Technology and Kunming Medical University, No. 2017FE467(-096)

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The emergence and development of cardiac tissue engineering provide a new choice for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, especially for treating myocardial infarction.

OBJECTIVE: To review the research progress of two core elements (cells and biological scaffolds) in cardiac tissue engineering, thereby providing reference and basis for the application of cardiac tissue engineering in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

METHODS: Articles addressing cardiac tissue engineering in PubMed and CNKI databases published from 2010 to 2019 were searched. The search terms were “cardiac tissue engineering, cardiomyocytes differentiation, bone marrow derived stem cells, human embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, menstrual blood stem cells, biological scaffolds” in English and Chinese, respectively. Finally 78 eligible English articles were included.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Many kinds of cells (such as chondrocytes, skeletal muscle cells, cardiac fibroblasts, bone marrow derived stem cells, embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells and menstrual blood-derived stem cells) and biological scaffolds (hydrogel, decellularized scaffold, cell sheet and cardiac chip) can be applied in cardiac tissue engineering. But there are still many problems to be solved in cardiac tissue engineering, such as suitable cell sources, development of novel scaffold materials, optimization of induced differentiation technology, optimization of implantation time and route.

Key words: cardiac tissue engineering, cardiomyocyte differentiation, bone marrow derived stem cells, embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, menstrual blood-derived stem cells, biological scaffolds

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