Inducible apelin receptor knockdown reduces differentiation efficiency and contractility of hESC-derived cardiomyocytes.

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"Funding This work was supported by: British Heart Foundation (FS/17/61/33473 A.P.D., R.G.C.M.; TG/18/4/33770, A.P.D., J.J.M., R.E.K.; FS/18/46/33663, S.S., RM/17/2/33380, M.T.C.); Wellcome Trust (206194; 108413/A/15/D, E.E.D.); Wellcome Trust Programme in Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease (203814/Z/16/A, T.L.W.); Wellcome Trust (203151/Z/16/Z); and the UKRI Medical Research Council (MC_PC_17230) and the Kusuma Trust (S.B.). Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre Biomedical Resources Grant (University of Cambridge, Cardiovascular Theme, RG64226). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission."