Fig. 9From: Adult human cardiac stem cell supplementation effectively increases contractile function and maturation in human engineered cardiac tissuesGene expression analysis. Results from Nanostring Gene Assay, presented as mRNA transcript level in hCSC-supplemented hECTs (white bars) normalized to hCM-only controls (black bars) for genes associated with cardiac development/maturation (a, b, c), calcium handling (d), cardiomyogenic genes activated in response to stress (e), and extracellular matrix regulation (f). Bars represent mean ± SD; n = 3 hECT per group, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. g Principal component analysis; red marks indicate hCM-only control (CON), blue marks indicate hCSC-supplemented hECTs (hCSCs) (n = 3 hECT per group). h Correlation loading plot from partial least squares regression suggests several significantly upregulated genes or downregulated genes that covary with hECT developed force, developed stress, +dF/dt, and −dF/dt (R 0.92); genes indicated by green markers, twitch parameters indicated by purple markers. DF = developed force, DS = developed stress, +dF/dt = maximum rate of contraction, and −dF/dt = maximum rate of relaxationBack to article page