ERC Starting Grant · 2021
Development of novel 3D vascularized cardiac models to investigate Coronary Microvascular Disease
Coronary microvascular disease (CMD) is a significant healthcare challenge, contributing to ischemic heart disease, the number one global cause of human mortality. CMD is associated with dysfunction of small coronary vessels, due to ageing, obesity and metabolic disease, that reduces blood flow and oxygenation in the heart. Despite its widespread impact on health, our understanding is limited to animal studies, which do not recapitulate the pathophysiology in humans, nor can they be used to reveal cellular crosstalk in a controlled manner. Thus, there is a critical need to develop a humanized in vitro model to mimic CMD. Advances in organ-on-chip and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)…
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