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Cells, Volume 12, Issue 16

August-2 2023 - 103 articles

Cover Story: This study aims to create mature vascularized cardiac organoids (hPSC-COs) for effective drug testing. Investigating the impact of CA stemness impact hPSC-CO development reveals the mechanisms driving maturation and vascularization. Using Wnt signaling, high-stemness (H-COs) and low-stemness (L-COs) hPSC-COs were induced. H-COs displayed advanced cardiomyocyte maturation, diverse vessel networks, and upregulated genes related to maturation and vessel formation. Activating ROCK-LIMK-pCofilin via ECM–integrin interactions promoted cardiomyocyte maturation and vessel formation. The LIMK/Cofilin pathway triggered TGFβ/NODAL and PDGF pathways, enhancing H-CO maturation and vascularization. The study underscores CA stemness and self-organization's importance in hPSC-CO development, aiding drug discovery and cardiac disease modeling. View this paper
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Articles (103)

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,187 Views
16 Pages

Antisense Therapy for Infectious Diseases

  • Lwanda Abonga Buthelezi,
  • Shandre Pillay,
  • Noxolo Nokukhanya Ntuli,
  • Lorna Gcanga and
  • Reto Guler

21 August 2023

Infectious diseases, particularly Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pose a significant global health challenge, with 1.6 million reported deaths in 2021, making it the most fatal disease caused by a single infectious agent. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,859 Views
21 Pages

The Radiobiological Characterization of Human and Porcine Lens Cells Suggests the Importance of the ATM Kinase in Radiation-Induced Cataractogenesis

  • Joëlle Al-Choboq,
  • Thibaud Mathis,
  • Juliette Restier-Verlet,
  • Laurène Sonzogni,
  • Laura El Nachef,
  • Adeline Granzotto,
  • Michel Bourguignon and
  • Nicolas Foray

21 August 2023

Studies about radiation-induced human cataractogenesis are generally limited by (1) the poor number of epithelial lens cell lines available (likely because of the difficulties of cell sampling and amplification) and (2) the lack of reliable biomarker...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,513 Views
21 Pages

21 August 2023

Protein turnover, a highly regulated process governed by the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS), is essential for maintaining cellular homeostasis. Dysregulation of the UPS has been implicated in various diseases, including viral infections and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,494 Views
13 Pages

Development of Beta-Amyloid-Specific CAR-Tregs for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Valerie Saetzler,
  • Tobias Riet,
  • Andrea Schienke,
  • Pierre Henschel,
  • Kiara Freitag,
  • Alexander Haake,
  • Frank L. Heppner,
  • Laura Elisa Buitrago-Molina,
  • Fatih Noyan and
  • Elmar Jaeckel
  • + 1 author

21 August 2023

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that remains uncured. Its pathogenesis is characterized by the formation of β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques. The use of antigen-specific regulatory T cells (Tregs) through ado...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,039 Views
14 Pages

Quantification of Female Chimeric Cells in the Tonsils of Male Children and Their Determinants

  • Boris Dmitrenko,
  • Vincent Gatinois,
  • Morgana D’Ottavi,
  • Ahmed El Mouatani,
  • Pauline Bouret,
  • Ségolène Debiesse,
  • Michel Mondain,
  • Mohamed Akkari,
  • Maxime Dallemagne and
  • Franck Pellestor
  • + 2 authors

21 August 2023

The factors influencing mother-to-child cell trafficking and persistence over children’s lives have yet to be established. The quantification of maternal microchimerism was previously reported through HLA-based approaches, which introduced bias...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,881 Views
18 Pages

Amniotic Membrane and Its Derivatives: Novel Therapeutic Modalities in Liver Disorders

  • Mandana Kazem Arki,
  • Kasra Moeinabadi-Bidgoli,
  • Nikoo Hossein-Khannazer,
  • Roberto Gramignoli,
  • Mustapha Najimi and
  • Massoud Vosough

21 August 2023

The liver is a vital organ responsible for metabolic and digestive functions, protein synthesis, detoxification, and numerous other necessary functions. Various acute, chronic, and neoplastic disorders affect the liver and hamper its biological funct...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,415 Views
29 Pages

The Microtubule-Targeting Agent Pretubulysin Impairs the Inflammatory Response in Endothelial Cells by a JNK-Dependent Deregulation of the Histone Acetyltransferase Brd4

  • Tobias F. Primke,
  • Rebecca Ingelfinger,
  • Mohammed A. F. Elewa,
  • Igor Macinkovic,
  • Andreas Weigert,
  • Matthias P. Fabritius,
  • Christoph A. Reichel,
  • Angelika Ullrich,
  • Uli Kazmaier and
  • Luisa D. Burgers
  • + 1 author

21 August 2023

The anti-inflammatory effects of depolymerizing microtubule-targeting agents on leukocytes are known for a long time, but the potential involvement of the vascular endothelium and the underlying mechanistic basis is still largely unclear. Using the r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,683 Views
15 Pages

The Development of Nonthermal Plasma and Tirapazamine as a Novel Combination Therapy to Treat Melanoma In Situ

  • Matthew Yehl,
  • Dominik Kucharski,
  • Michelle Eubank,
  • Brandon Gulledge,
  • Gamal Rayan,
  • Md Gias Uddin,
  • Genevieve Remmers,
  • Eugene S. Kandel,
  • Douglas P. DuFaux and
  • Timothy C. Hutcherson
  • + 2 authors

21 August 2023

Although melanoma accounts for only 5.3% of skin cancer, it results in >75% of skin-cancer-related deaths. To avoid disfiguring surgeries on the head and neck associated with surgical excision, there is a clear unmet need for other strategies to s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,223 Views
21 Pages

Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Intervention on the Degenerated Intervertebral Disc: From Molecular Mechanisms to Animal Models

  • Song-Shu Lin,
  • Steve W. N. Ueng,
  • Kowit-Yu Chong,
  • Yi-Sheng Chan,
  • Tsung-Ting Tsai,
  • Li-Jen Yuan,
  • Shih-Jung Liu,
  • Chuen-Yung Yang,
  • Hui-Yi Hsiao and
  • Yi-Jen Hsueh
  • + 2 authors

21 August 2023

MicroRNA (miRNA) 107 expression is downregulated but Wnt3a protein and β-catenin are upregulated in degenerated intervertebral disc (IVD). We investigated mir-107/Wnt3a-β-catenin signaling in vitro and in vivo following hyperbaric oxygen (H...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,540 Views
18 Pages

21 August 2023

Phytoplasmas are intracellular plant pathogens that heavily rely on host cell nutrients for survival and propagation due to their limited ability to synthesize essential substrates. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which plays a vital role in various...

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