Click chemistry-modified cardiomyocytes enhance cardiac contractility and prevent remodeling in ischemia-reperfusion injured hearts
One of the challenges in cardiac cell therapy using cardiomyocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC-CMs) is their poor engraftment and survival rate in infarcted tissues. Click chemistry and lipid insertion are simple methods for modifying the surface of hPSC-CMs with a collagen hybridizing peptide (CHP)...