Zhao, Jian
Kadota, Shin
Ichimura, Hajime
Yang, Xiao
Kusabuka, Hotaka
Kobayashi, Hideki
Kitaori, Yui
Takahashi, Hidekazu
Omar, Zouhour Guedi
Caruso, Ada
Tanaka, Yuki
Shiba, Naoko
Shiba, Yuji
Funding for this research was provided by:
JST SPRING (JPMJSP2144)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI 21K08100)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI 21H02910)
Hokuto Foundation for Bioscience
Takeda Science Foundation
Terumo Foundation for Life Sciences and Arts
Heartseed
Bourbon
Article History
Received: 10 October 2025
Accepted: 8 May 2026
First Online: 10 June 2026
Declarations
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: All animal procedures were conducted in strict compliance with the Animal Experimentation Guidelines of Shinshu University, Japanese national regulations, and the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Approval Nos. 021059 [Nov 18, 2021] and 024053 [Nov 15, 2024]; both corresponding to the project titled Evaluation of Engraftment Based on Differences in Culture Methods of Human iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes . The use of 253G1 hiPSCs in this study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shinshu University (Approval No. 6707 [Jan 13, 2026], corresponding to the project titled Basic Research Using Human iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes ). The requirement for written informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee of Shinshu University because anonymized existing samples were used in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.