Publications

Christoforou, Nicolas, Behzad N. Oskouei, Paul Esteso, Christine M. Hill, Jeffrey M. Zimmet, Weining Bian, Nenad Bursac, Kam W. Leong, Joshua M. Hare, and John D. Gearhart. “Implantation of mouse embryonic stem cell-derived cardiac progenitor cells preserves function of infarcted murine hearts.” PloS One 5, no. 7 (July 2010): e11536. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011536.

Kim, Jong M., Nenad Bursac, and Craig S. Henriquez. “A computer model of engineered cardiac monolayers.” Biophysical Journal 98, no. 9 (May 2010): 1762–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2010.01.008.

Shaked, Natan T., Yizheng Zhu, Nima Badie, Nenad Bursac, and Adam Wax. “Reflective interferometric chamber for quantitative phase imaging of biological sample dynamics.” Journal of Biomedical Optics 15, no. 3 (May 2010): 030503. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3420179.

Tranquillo, Joseph V., Nima Badie, Craig S. Henriquez, and Nenad Bursac. “Collision-based spiral acceleration in cardiac media: roles of wavefront curvature and excitable gap.” Biophysical Journal 98, no. 7 (April 2010): 1119–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.4281.

Bursac, Nenad, Robert D. Kirkton, Luke C. McSpadden, and Brian Liau. “Characterizing functional stem cell-cardiomyocyte interactions.” Regenerative Medicine 5, no. 1 (January 2010): 87–105. https://doi.org/10.2217/rme.09.69.

Badie, Nima, Lisa Satterwhite, and Nenad Bursac. “A method to replicate the microstructure of heart tissue in vitro using DTMRI-based cell micropatterning.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering 37, no. 12 (December 2009): 2510–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-009-9815-x.

Bian, Weining, and Nenad Bursac. “Large 3-Dimensional Tissue Engineered Cardiac Patch With Controlled Electrical Anisotropy.” In CIRCULATION, 120:S821–S821. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2009.

McSpadden, Luke C., Robert D. Kirkton, and Nenad Bursac. “Cell Therapies for Arrhythmias: Genetically Engineered Coupling Determines the Effect on Anisotropic Cardiac Conduction.” In CIRCULATION, 120:S765–66. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2009.

Bursac, Nenad. “Cardiac Fibroblasts Strongly Affect Cardiac Action Potential Propagation by Paracrine Rather Than Coupling Mechanisms.” In CIRCULATION, 120:S635–S635. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2009.

Liau, Brian, Nicolas Christoforou, and Nenad Bursac. “Electromechanically Functional Cardiac Tissue Constructs Engineered From Embryonic Stem Cells.” In CIRCULATION, 120:S810–11. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2009.

Pedrotty, Dawn M., Rebecca Y. Klinger, Robert D. Kirkton, and Nenad Bursac. “Cardiac fibroblast paracrine factors alter impulse conduction and ion channel expression of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes.” Cardiovasc Res 83, no. 4 (September 1, 2009): 688–97. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvp164.

McSpadden, Luke C., Robert D. Kirkton, and Nenad Bursac. “Electrotonic loading of anisotropic cardiac monolayers by unexcitable cells depends on connexin type and expression level.” American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology 297, no. 2 (August 2009): C339–51. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00024.2009.

Badie, Nima, and Nenad Bursac. “Novel micropatterned cardiac cell cultures with realistic ventricular microstructure.” Biophysical Journal 96, no. 9 (May 2009): 3873–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2009.02.019.

Bian, Weining, and Nenad Bursac. “Engineered skeletal muscle tissue networks with controllable architecture.” Biomaterials 30, no. 7 (March 2009): 1401–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.11.015.

Bursac, Nenad. “Cardiac tissue engineering using stem cells.” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine : The Quarterly Magazine of the Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society 28, no. 2 (March 2009): 80–89. https://doi.org/10.1109/memb.2009.931792.

Bian, Weining, Brian Liau, Nima Badie, and Nenad Bursac. “Mesoscopic hydrogel molding to control the 3D geometry of bioartificial muscle tissues.” Nature Protocols 4, no. 10 (January 2009): 1522–34. https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2009.155.

Klinger, Rebecca, and Nenad Bursac. “In Vitro Cellular Implantation Assay To Quantitatively Compare The Ability Of Different Donor Cells To Electrically Conduct Within Cardiac Tissue.” CIRCULATION 118, no. 18 (October 28, 2008): S395–S395.

Badle, Nima, and Nenad Bursac. “Micropatterned Ventricular Slice: Role of Realistic Tissue Microstructure In Impulse Conduction.” CIRCULATION 118, no. 18 (October 28, 2008): S493–S493.

Liao, I-Chien, Jason B. Liu, Nenad Bursac, and Kam W. Leong. “Effect of Electromechanical Stimulation on the Maturation of Myotubes on Aligned Electrospun Fibers.” Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 1, no. 2–3 (September 2008): 133–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12195-008-0021-y.

Bian, Weining, and Nenad Bursac. “Tissue engineering of functional skeletal muscle: challenges and recent advances.” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine : The Quarterly Magazine of the Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society 27, no. 5 (September 2008): 109–13. https://doi.org/10.1109/memb.2008.928460.

Pedrotty, Dawn M., Rebecca Y. Klinger, Nima Badie, Sara Hinds, Ara Kardashian, and Nenad Bursac. “Structural coupling of cardiomyocytes and noncardiomyocytes: quantitative comparisons using a novel micropatterned cell pair assay.” Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 295, no. 1 (July 2008): H390–400. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.91531.2007.

Kirkton, Robert D., and Nenad Bursac. “Genetic engineering and stem cells: combinatorial approaches for cardiac cell therapy.” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine : The Quarterly Magazine of the Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society 27, no. 3 (May 2008): 85–88. https://doi.org/10.1109/memb.2008.922356.

Klinger, Rebecca, and Nenad Bursac. “Cardiac cell therapy in vitro: reproducible assays for comparing the efficacy of different donor cells.” IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag 27, no. 1 (2008): 72–80. https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2007.913849.

Pedrotty, Dawn, Rebecca Klinger, and Nenad Bursac. “Paracrine factors from cardiac fibroblasts slow conduction velocity and prolong the action potential duration of cardiomyocytes.” CIRCULATION 116, no. 16 (October 16, 2007): 87–87.

Bian, Weining, and Nenad Bursac. “Micromolded cardiac network patches for treatment of infarcted heart.” CIRCULATION 116, no. 16 (October 16, 2007): 68–69.