In this protocol, we demonstrate and elaborate on how to use human induced pluripotent stem cells for cardiomyocyte differentiation and purification, and further, on how to improve its transplantation efficiency with Rho-associated protein kinase inhibitor pretreatment in a mouse myocardial infarction model.
Zhao, M., Tang, Y., Ernst, P. J., Kahn-Krell, A., Fan, C., Pretorius, D., Zhu, H., Lou, X., Zhou, L., Zhang, J., Zhu, W. Enhancing the Engraftment of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes via a Transient Inhibition of Rho Kinase Activity. J. Vis. Exp. (149), e59452, doi:10.3791/59452 (2019).