Fluorescence Microscopes
Induced Cardiomyocytes (iCM Cells) Using Direct Reprogramming
Capable of incorporating the temperature and CO2 regulation chamber
Video courtesy of
Masaki Ieda
Professor, Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Hiroyuki Yamakawa
Research Associate, Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University
Points on recording
Induced cardiomyocytes (iCM cells) have been created, without passing through iPS cells, by introducing three cardiac-specific transcription factors into mouse fetal fibroblasts and cultivating them for one week. Cultivation for three more weeks enables pulsatile iCM cells to be observed.
Recording conditions
Magnification: Phase contrast 20x
Frame rate: 30 fps
