Review Article

Direct Cardiac Reprogramming: Progress and Promise

Table 2

Summary of direct cardiac reprogramming results.

Reprogramming factorsMouse/humanIn vitro/in vivoReported efficiencyAnalysis methodReference

GMHT, SB431542MouseIn vitro9.3% GCaMP+IF[26]
GMHT, DAPTMouseIn vitro38% cTnT+IF[28]
GM(H)T, FGF2, FGF10, VEGFMouseIn vitro2.9% cTnT+FC[32]
miRNA-1, miRNA-133, miRNA-208, miRNA-499MouseIn vivo12% tdTomato+cTnT+IHC[36]
miRNA-1, miRNA-133, miRNA-208, miRNA-499, JAK inhibitor IMouseBoth28% αMHC+ (in vitro)FC[30]
GMT, Mesp1, Myocd, miRNA-133Mouse
Human
In vitro12.9% cTnT+
27.8% cTnT+
FC[35]
GHT, MYOCD, miRNA-1, miRNA-133HumanIn vitro34.1% cTnT+FC[37]
GMHT, miRNA-1, miRNA-133, miRNA-208, miRNA-499, Y-27632, A83-01MouseIn vitro60% cTnT+IF[29]
GMT, miRNA-590Human
Porcine
In vitro4.6% cTnT+FC[39]
Ascorbic acid, RepSox, forskolin, valproic acid, CHIR99021MouseIn vitro9% αMHC+FC[60]
CHIR99021, BIX01294, A83-01, AS8351, SC1, OAC2, Y27632, SU16F, JNJ10198409HumanIn vitro6.6% cTnT+FC[61]

FC: flow cytometry; IF: immunofluorescence; IHC: immunohistochemistry.