Figure 5: Functional coupling of implanted hiPSC-ECTs. | Scientific Reports

Figure 5: Functional coupling of implanted hiPSC-ECTs.

From: The myocardial regenerative potential of three-dimensional engineered cardiac tissues composed of multiple human iPS cell-derived cardiovascular cell lineages

Figure 5

(a) cTnT immunostaining for lectin (represents perfused vasculature)-perfused rat heart 4 weeks after implantation of hiPSC-ECTs (including 16% MCs). (i) Lower magnification image. (ii) and (iii) Higher magnification images. Perfused vasculature among (ii) and at central area (iii) of regenerated myocardium (arrows). (b) Cx43 (Connexin 43) and cTnT double immunostaining for regenerated myocardium. Scale bars: 1mm in (a) (i), 100 μm in (a) (ii, iii), 20 μm in (b) (main panel), and 10 μm in (b) (inset).

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