Publications

Jiang, Wei, Donghui Zhang, Nenad Bursac, and Yi Zhang. “WNT3 is a biomarker capable of predicting the definitive endoderm differentiation potential of hESCs.” Stem Cell Reports 1, no. 1 (January 2013): 46–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2013.03.003.

Zhang, Donghui, Jason Lam, Brian Liau, Ralph Snodgrass, and Nenad Bursac. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Tissue Patch with Advanced Structure and Function.” CIRCULATION 126, no. 21 (November 20, 2012).

Kirkton, Robert D., and Nenad Bursac. “Genetic engineering of somatic cells to study and improve cardiac function.” Europace : European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Journal of the Working Groups on Cardiac Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology 14 Suppl 5 (November 2012): v40–49. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus269.

McSpadden, Luke C., Hung Nguyen, and Nenad Bursac. “Size and ionic currents of unexcitable cells coupled to cardiomyocytes distinctly modulate cardiac action potential shape and pacemaking activity in micropatterned cell pairs.” Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 5, no. 4 (August 2012): 821–30. https://doi.org/10.1161/circep.111.969329.

Piacentino, Valentino, Carmelo A. Milano, Michael Bolanos, Jacob Schroder, Emily Messina, Adam S. Cockrell, Edward Jones, et al. “X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein-mediated attenuation of apoptosis, using a novel cardiac-enhanced adeno-associated viral vector.” Hum Gene Ther 23, no. 6 (June 2012): 635–46. https://doi.org/10.1089/hum.2011.186.

Christoforou, Nicolas, Brian Liau, Nenad Bursac, and Kam W. Leong. “Engineering an electromechanically functional 3d biosynthetic tissue using embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells.” In CIRCULATION, 125:E735–E735. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2012.

Bian, Weining, Mark Juhas, Terry W. Pfeiler, and Nenad Bursac. “Local tissue geometry determines contractile force generation of engineered muscle networks.” Tissue Engineering. Part A 18, no. 9–10 (May 2012): 957–67. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tea.2011.0313.

Scull, James A., Luke C. McSpadden, Herman D. Himel, Nima Badie, and Nenad Bursac. “Single-detector simultaneous optical mapping of V(m) and [Ca(2+)](i) in cardiac monolayers.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering 40, no. 5 (May 2012): 1006–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-011-0478-z.

Bursac, Nenad. “Colonizing the heart from the epicardial side.” Stem Cell Research & Therapy 3, no. 2 (April 2012): 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/scrt106.

Liau, Brian, Donghui Zhang, and Nenad Bursac. “Functional cardiac tissue engineering.” Regenerative Medicine 7, no. 2 (March 2012): 187–206. https://doi.org/10.2217/rme.11.122.

Bian, Weining, and Nenad Bursac. “Soluble miniagrin enhances contractile function of engineered skeletal muscle.” FASEB Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 26, no. 2 (February 2012): 955–65. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.11-187575.

Badie, Nima, James A. Scull, Rebecca Y. Klinger, Ava Krol, and Nenad Bursac. “Conduction block in micropatterned cardiomyocyte cultures replicating the structure of ventricular cross-sections.” Cardiovasc Res 93, no. 2 (February 1, 2012): 263–71. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvr304.

Muller-Borer, Barbara, Gwyn Esch, Rob Aldina, Woohyun Woon, Raymond Fox, Nenad Bursac, Sylvia Hiller, et al. “Calcium dependent CAMTA1 in adult stem cell commitment to a myocardial lineage.” PloS One 7, no. 6 (January 2012): e38454. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038454.

Liau, Brian, Nicolas Christoforou, Kam W. Leong, and Nenad Bursac. “Pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac tissue patch with advanced structure and function.” Biomaterials 32, no. 35 (December 2011): 9180–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.08.050.

McSpadden, Luke C., and Nenad Bursac. “Size and Ionic Currents of Unexcitable Cells Coupled to Cardiomyocytes Distinctly Modulate Cardiac Action Potential Shape and Pacemaking Activity.” CIRCULATION 124, no. 21 (November 22, 2011).

Wang, Chuan, Jessica A. Hennessey, Robert D. Kirkton, Chaojian Wang, Victoria Graham, Ram S. Puranam, Paul B. Rosenberg, Nenad Bursac, and Geoffrey S. Pitt. “Fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 13 regulates Na+ channels and conduction velocity in murine hearts.” Circ Res 109, no. 7 (September 16, 2011): 775–82. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.247957.

Lin, Na, Nima Badie, Lin Yu, Dennis Abraham, Heping Cheng, Nenad Bursac, Howard A. Rockman, and Matthew J. Wolf. “A method to measure myocardial calcium handling in adult Drosophila.” Circ Res 108, no. 11 (May 27, 2011): 1306–15. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.238105.

Hinds, Sara, Weining Bian, Robert G. Dennis, and Nenad Bursac. “The role of extracellular matrix composition in structure and function of bioengineered skeletal muscle.” Biomaterials 32, no. 14 (May 2011): 3575–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.01.062.

Shaked, N. T., L. L. Satterwhite, N. Bursac, and A. Wax. “Whole cell imaging based on wide-field interferometric phase microscopy and its application to cardiomyocytes.” Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE 7904 (April 29, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874224.

Wang, Chuan, Jessica A. Hennessey, Robert D. Kirkton, Chaojian Wang, Victoria Bryson, Paul B. Rosenberg, Nenad Bursac, and Geoffrey S. Pitt. “FGF13 is a Regulator of the Cardiac Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Nav1.5.” In BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 100:420–21, 2011.

Kirkton, Robert D., and Nenad Bursac. “Engineering biosynthetic excitable tissues from unexcitable cells for electrophysiological and cell therapy studies.” Nature Communications 2 (January 2011): 300. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1302.

Piacentino, Valentino, Michael Bolanos, Jacob Schroder, Emily Messina, Edward Jones, Ava Krol, Nenad Bursac, et al. “X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein (XIAP)-Mediated Attenuation of Apoptosis Using a Novel Cardiac Enhanced Adeno-Associated Viral Vector.” CIRCULATION 122, no. 21 (November 23, 2010).

Kirkton, Robert D., and Nenad Bursac. “Engineered Somatic Cells for Cardiac Repair.” CIRCULATION 122, no. 21 (November 23, 2010).

Bian, Weining, Brian Liau, Nima Badie, and Nenad Bursac. “Engineering of Functional Cardiac Tissue Patch with Realistic Myofiber Orientations.” CIRCULATION 122, no. 21 (November 23, 2010).

Shaked, Natan T., Lisa L. Satterwhite, Nenad Bursac, and Adam Wax. “Whole-cell-analysis of live cardiomyocytes using wide-field interferometric phase microscopy.” Biomedical Optics Express 1, no. 2 (August 2010): 706–19. https://doi.org/10.1364/boe.1.000706.