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Human-iPSC-Derived Cardiac Stromal Cells Enhance Maturation in 3D Cardiac Microtissues and Reveal Non-cardiomyocyte Contributions to Heart Disease

Publicated to:Cell Stem Cell. 26 (6): 862-879.e11 - 2020-01-01 26(6), DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2020.05.004

Authors: Giacomelli E; Meraviglia V; Campostrini G; Cochrane A; Cao X; van Helden RWJ; Krotenberg Garcia A; Mircea M; Kostidis S; Davis RP; van Meer BJ; Jost CR; Koster AJ; Mei H; Míguez DG; Mulder AA; Ledesma-Terrón M; Pompilio G; Sala L; Salvatori DCF; Slieker RC; Sommariva E; de Vries AAF; Giera M; Semrau S; Tertoolen LGJ; Orlova VV; Bellin M; Mummery CL

Affiliations

Amsterdam Public Health - Author
Ctr Cardiol Monzino IRCCS, Vasc Biol & Regenerat Med Unit, I-20138 Milan, Italy - Author
IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino - Author
Ist Auxol Italiano, IRCCS, Ctr Cardiac Arrhythmias Genet Origin, I-20095 Cusano Milanino, Italy - Author
Lab Cardiovasc Genet, I-20095 Cusano Milanino, Italy - Author
Leiden Univ, Cent Lab Anim Facil, Med Ctr, NL-2333 Leiden, Netherlands - Author
Leiden Univ, Ctr Prote & Metabol, Med Ctr, NL-2333 Leiden, Netherlands - Author
Leiden Univ, Dept Anat & Embryol, Med Ctr, NL-2333 Leiden, Netherlands - Author
Leiden Univ, Dept Cardiol, Med Ctr, NL-2333 Leiden, Netherlands - Author
Leiden Univ, Dept Cell & Chem Biol, Med Ctr, NL-2333 Leiden, Netherlands - Author
Leiden Univ, Leiden Inst Phys, NL-2333 Leiden, Netherlands - Author
Leiden Univ, Med Ctr, Sequencing Anal Support Core, NL-2333 Leiden, Netherlands - Author
Leiden University - Author
Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC - Author
UAM-IFIMAC-Condensed Matter Physics Center - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Ctr Biol Mol Severo Ochoa, Inst Nicolas Cabrera & Condensed Matter Phys Ctr, Dept Fis Mat Condensada, Madrid 28049, Spain - Author
Univ Milan, Dept Clin Sci & Community Hlth, I-20122 Milan, Italy - Author
Univ Padua, Dept Biol, I-35121 Padua, Italy - Author
Univ Twente, Dept Appl Stem Cell Technol, NL-7500 Enschede, Netherlands - Author
Univ Utrecht, Fac Vet Med, Anat & Physiol Div, Dept Pathobiol, NL-3584 Utrecht, Netherlands - Author
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO - Author
Universitá degli Studi di Padova - Author
University of Twente - Author
Veneto Inst Mol Med, I-35129 Padua, Italy - Author
Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine - Author
Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Publ Hlth Inst, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, Med Ctr, NL-1007 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Author
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Abstract

© 2020 The Author(s) Orlova, Bellin, Mummery, and colleagues combined three hiPSC-derived cardiac cell types in 3D microtissues. Cardiomyocytes matured structurally and functionally. Replacing healthy hiPSC-cardiac fibroblasts with patient fibroblasts recapitulated aspects of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Single-cell transcriptomics, electrophysiology, metabolomics, and ultrastructural analysis revealed roles for CX43 gap junctions and cAMP signaling in the tri-cell-type dialog.

Keywords

arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathycampcardiac disease modelcardiac microtissuecardiomyocyte maturationcell-cell interactioncyclic ampgap junctionhuman-induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-derived cardiac fibroblastsArrhythmogenic cardiomyopathyCampCardiac disease modelCardiac microtissueCardiomyocyte maturationCell-cell interactionConnexin43Cyclic ampDifferential expression analysisFibroblastsGap junctionGene-expressionHuman-induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-derived cardiac fibroblastsHuman-induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytesMechanismsModelsPackagePlakophilin-2Pluripotent stem-cellRight-ventricular cardiomyopathy

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Cell Stem Cell due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position 1/29, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Cell & Tissue Engineering. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

This publication has been distinguished as a “Highly Cited Paper” by the agencies WoS (ESI, Clarivate) and ESI (Clarivate), meaning that it ranks within the top 1% of the most cited articles in its thematic field during the year of its publication. In terms of the observed impact of the contribution, this work is considered one of the most influential worldwide, as it is recognized as highly cited. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

And this is evidenced by the extremely high normalized impacts through some of the main indicators of this type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of calculation, already indicate that they are well above the average in different agencies:

  • Normalization of citations relative to the expected citation rate (ESI) by the Clarivate agency: 25.13 (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)
  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 20.1 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 115.51 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-01, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 341
  • Scopus: 410
  • Europe PMC: 217

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-01:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 644.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 644 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 46.3.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 54 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Italy; Netherlands.