Electrical Stimulation Promotes Cardiac Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Figure 4

Acute electrical stimulation did not promote cardiac differentiation of CERA007c6 iPSCs. (a) The effect of acute electrical stimulation at 200 mV/mm for 5 min on cardiac differentiation of CERA007c6 iPSCs at day 14 after plating ( independent experiments). (b-c) Quantitative RT-PCR analysis for the expression of cardiac transcription factors (b) and cardiac contractile muscle proteins (c) in electrically stimulated and control EBs at days 0, 1, and 7 after electrical stimulation ( independent experiments). Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.

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