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Harnessing native blueprints for designing bioinks to bioprint functional cardiac tissue.

Mst Zobaida Akter, Fatima Tufail, Ashfaq Ahmad, Yoon Wha Oh, Jung Min Kim, Seoyeon Kim, Md Mehedee Hasan, Longlong Li, Dong-Weon Lee, Yong Sook Kim and 5 more

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Review in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Beyond monolayers: a comparative analysis of 2D cell cultures and 3DFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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  8. Image-Guided Cardiac Regeneration via a 3D Bioprinted Vascular Patch with Built-in CT Visibility.Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Mst Zobaida AkterDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
Fatima TufailDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
Ashfaq AhmadDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
Yoon Wha OhDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
Jung Min KimDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
Seoyeon KimDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
Md Mehedee HasanDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
Longlong LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
Dong-Weon LeeAdvanced Medical Device Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
Yong Sook KimBiomedical Research Institute, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju 61469, Republic of Korea.
Su-Jin LeeBiomedical Research Institute, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju 61469, Republic of Korea.
Hyung-Seok KimDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, Republic of Korea.
Youngkeun AhnDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, 61469, Republic of Korea.
Yeong-Jin ChoiAdvanced Bio and Healthcare Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon 51508, Republic of Korea.
Hee-Gyeong YiDepartment of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac tissue lacks regenerative capacity, making heart transplantation the primary treatment for end-stage heart failure. Engineered cardiac tissues developed through three-dimensional bioprinting (3DBP) offer a promising alternative. However, reproducing the native structure, cellular diversity, and functionality of cardiac tissue requires advanced cardiac bioinks. Major obstacles in CTE (cardiac tissue engineering) include accurately characterizing bioink properties, replicating the cardiac microenvironment, and achieving precise spatial organization. Optimizing bioink properties to closely mimic the extracellular matrix (ECM) is essential, as deviations may result in pathological effects. This review encompasses the rheological and electromechanical properties of bioinks and the function of the cardiac microenvironment in the design of functional cardiac constructs. Furthermore, it focuses on improving the rheological characteristics, printability, and functionality of bioinks, offering valuable perspectives for developing new bioinks especially designed for CTE.

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bioengineeringbiomaterialscardiovascular medicinetissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID40177403
PMCPMC11964760

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