The Hippo Pathway Regulates Density-Dependent Proliferation of iPSC-Derived Cardiac Myocytes

The Hippo pathway regulates the proliferation of cancer cells, pluripotent stem cells, and epithelial cells through a cell–cell contact-dependent manner, however, it is unclear if cell density-dependent cell proliferation is a consistent feature in cardiac myocytes. Scientists used cultured human iPSC-derived cardiac myocytes as a model system to investigate this concept.