Porcine Models of Heart Regeneration

Autor: Nivedhitha Velayutham, Katherine E. Yutzey
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, Vol 9, Iss 4, p 93 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2308-3425
DOI: 10.3390/jcdd9040093
Popis: Swine are popular large mammals for cardiac preclinical testing due to their similarities with humans in terms of organ size and physiology. Recent studies indicate an early neonatal regenerative capacity for swine hearts similar to small mammal laboratory models such as rodents, inspiring exciting possibilities for studying cardiac regeneration with the goal of improved clinical translation to humans. However, while swine hearts are anatomically similar to humans, fundamental differences exist in growth mechanisms, nucleation, and the maturation of pig cardiomyocytes, which could present difficulties for the translation of preclinical findings in swine to human therapeutics. In this review, we discuss the maturational dynamics of pig cardiomyocytes and their capacity for proliferative cardiac regeneration during early neonatal development to provide a perspective on swine as a preclinical model for developing cardiac gene- and cell-based regenerative therapeutics.
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