This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/term.2994 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Islas Cisneros Jose Francisco (Orcid ID: 0000-0002-0337-9912) Abbasgholizadeh Reza (Orcid ID: 0000-0003-0904-6489) -adrenergic stimuli and rotating suspension culture enhance conversion of human adipogenic mesenchymal stem cells into highly conductive cardiac progenitors. Jose Francisco Islas 1,7* , Reza Abbasgholizadeh 2* , Clifford Dacso 3 , Vladimir N. Potaman 1 , Stephen Navran 4 , Richard Bond 5 , Dinakar Iyer 2 , Ravi Birla 6# and Robert J. Schwartz 1,2# 1 Texas Heart Institute, Texas Medical Center, Houston Texas. 2 Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 3 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas. Medical Center, Houston, Texas. 4 Synthecon, Inc., Houston, Texas. 5 College of Pharmacy, Science and Engineering Research Center, University of Houston, Houston Texas. 6 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas. 7 Departamento de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular, Faculta de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. * Co-first authors # Co-senior authors Corresponding author Robert J. Schwartz, Ph.D. Hugh Roy and Lillian Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor Director, Stem Cell Laboratory, Texas Heart Institute, TMC, Houston, TX