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Cells, Volume 13, Issue 6

March-2 2024 - 94 articles

Cover Story: Macroautophagy (autophagy) maintains cellular homeostasis and regulates energy production and innate immunity. The role of the human bitter taste receptors (T2Rs) in autophagy is poorly understood. This study targets T2R14, the taste receptor expressed at significant levels in oral gingival epithelial cells (GECs). Our study reveals that T2R14 downregulates autophagy protein 7 independent autophagy flux in gingival epithelial cells. Further, our results show that Streptococcus mutans quorum sensing molecule (competence stimulating peptide-1) causes robust intracellular calcium release in GECs, which is both T2R14 and autophagy protein 7 dependent. These findings reveal the different mechanisms by which T2Rs influence host-microbe interactions and modulate the oral immune environment. View this paper
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Articles (94)

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2,677 Views
13 Pages

Transgene-Free Cynomolgus Monkey iPSCs Generated under Chemically Defined Conditions

  • Yuliia Tereshchenko,
  • Nesil Esiyok,
  • Enrique Garea-Rodríguez,
  • Daniele Repetto,
  • Rüdiger Behr and
  • Ignacio Rodríguez-Polo

21 March 2024

Non-human primates (NHPs) are pivotal animal models for translating novel cell replacement therapies into clinical applications, including validating the safety and efficacy of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived products. Preclinical develo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,412 Views
21 Pages

MiR-23b and miR-133 Cotarget TGFβ2/NOTCH1 in Sheep Dermal Fibroblasts, Affecting Hair Follicle Development

  • Junmin He,
  • Chen Wei,
  • Xixia Huang,
  • Guoping Zhang,
  • Jingyi Mao,
  • Xue Li,
  • Cunming Yang,
  • Wenjing Zhang,
  • Kechuan Tian and
  • Guifen Liu

21 March 2024

Wool is produced and controlled by hair follicles (HFs). However, little is known about the mechanisms involved in HF development and regulation. Sheep dermal fibroblasts (SDFs) play a key role in the initial stage of HF development. Analyzing the mo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
10,308 Views
14 Pages

MuSK Myasthenia Gravis—Potential Pathomechanisms and Treatment Directed against Specific Targets

  • Edyta Dziadkowiak,
  • Dagmara Baczyńska and
  • Marta Waliszewska-Prosół

21 March 2024

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease in which autoantibodies target structures within the neuromuscular junction, affecting neuromuscular transmission. Muscle-specific tyrosine kinase receptor-associated MG (MuSK-MG) is a rare, often more...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,648 Views
13 Pages

21 March 2024

CD19-specific CAR-T immunotherapy has been extensively studied for the treatment of B-cell lymphoma. Recently, cholesterol metabolism has emerged as a modulator of T lymphocyte function and can be exploited in immunotherapy to increase the efficacy o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,820 Views
22 Pages

Hematin- and Hemin-Induced Spherization and Hemolysis of Human Erythrocytes Are Independent of Extracellular Calcium Concentration

  • Diana M. Mikhailova,
  • Elisaveta Skverchinskaya,
  • Julia Sudnitsyna,
  • Kirill R. Butov,
  • Ekaterina M. Koltsova,
  • Igor V. Mindukshev and
  • Stepan Gambaryan

21 March 2024

Pathologies such as malaria, hemorrhagic stroke, sickle cell disease, and thalassemia are characterized by the release of hemoglobin degradation products from damaged RBCs. Hematin (liganded with OH−) and hemin (liganded with Cl−)—a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,782 Views
20 Pages

21 March 2024

Topoisomerases regulate the topological state of cellular genomes to prevent impediments to vital cellular processes, including replication and transcription from suboptimal supercoiling of double-stranded DNA, and to untangle topological barriers ge...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,050 Views
24 Pages

Pros and Cons of Cryopreserving Allogeneic Stem Cell Products

  • Caterina Giovanna Valentini,
  • Claudio Pellegrino and
  • Luciana Teofili

21 March 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitously changed the practice of transplanting fresh allografts. The safety measures adopted during the pandemic prompted the near-universal graft cryopreservation. However, the influence of cryopreserving allogeneic gr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,393 Views
18 Pages

IF1 Promotes Cellular Proliferation and Inhibits Oxidative Phosphorylation in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts under Normoxia and Hypoxia

  • Lothar Lauterboeck,
  • Sung Wook Kang,
  • Donnell White,
  • Rong Bao,
  • Parnia Mobasheran and
  • Qinglin Yang

21 March 2024

ATP synthase inhibitory factor subunit 1 (IF1) is an inhibitory subunit of mitochondrial ATP synthase, playing a crucial role in regulating mitochondrial respiration and energetics. It is well-established that IF1 interacts with the F1 sector of ATP...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,860 Views
32 Pages

The Molecular Mechanisms in Senescent Cells Induced by Natural Aging and Ionizing Radiation

  • Milana Ibragimova,
  • Assiya Kussainova,
  • Akmaral Aripova,
  • Rakhmetkazhi Bersimbaev and
  • Olga Bulgakova

21 March 2024

This review discusses the relationship between cellular senescence and radiation exposure. Given the wide range of ionizing radiation sources encountered by people in professional and medical spheres, as well as the influence of natural background ra...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,495 Views
20 Pages

21 March 2024

Neuromesodermal progenitors (NMPs), serving as the common origin of neural and paraxial mesodermal development in a large part of the trunk, have recently gained significant attention because of their critical importance in the understanding of embry...

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