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Cells, Volume 14, Issue 22

November-2 2025 - 90 articles

Cover Story: Epicardial cells of the embryonic heart maintain a squamous morphology, allowing only a subset to undergo mesenchymal transformation and contribute to heart development. We found that a null mutation in Plakophilin 2 (Pkp2), a key structural component of desmosomes, severely disrupts epicardial development in embryonic mice. Shortly after the epicardial layer forms on the myocardial surface, Pkp2-null epicardial cells (blue) lose their squamous morphology and detach from the myocardium (Beige). They subsequently acquire mesenchymal characteristics in an unrestrained manner and differentiate into hematopoietic stem cells and erythroid lineage cells (red). These findings demonstrate that desmosomal junctions are essential for proper cardiogenesis by limiting excessive epithelial–mesenchymal transition within the epicardium. View this paper
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Articles (90)

  • Article
  • Open Access
560 Views
22 Pages

20 November 2025

Epigenetics garnered significant scientific interest in recent decades, with histone acetylation emerging as the most prevalent epigenetic deregulation process observed in malignancies. The clinical application of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,709 Views
35 Pages

20 November 2025

Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are gaining traction as advanced tools in cancer therapy. They are distinguished by their ability to destroy malignant cells while sparing normal tissue specifically. In addition to their direct tumor-lysing properties, an ess...

  • Article
  • Open Access
633 Views
21 Pages

20 November 2025

Hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury is associated with high mortality and severe long-term neurodevelopmental impairments in term newborns. Intranasal mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy is a promising strategy to boost neurorepair after injury, and o...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
856 Views
21 Pages

Valeric Acid: A Gut-Derived Metabolite as a Potential Epigenetic Modulator of Neuroinflammation in the Gut–Brain Axis

  • Chiara Paciolla,
  • Michele Manganelli,
  • Mariagiovanna Di Chiano,
  • Francesca Montenegro,
  • Anna Gallone,
  • Fabio Sallustio and
  • Gabriella Guida

20 November 2025

The gut–brain axis (GBA) is a critical area of research for understanding the pathogenesis of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. Metabolites produced by the gut microbiota, particularly short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), act as key...

  • Review
  • Open Access
845 Views
40 Pages

Enamel Maturation as a Systems Physiology: Ion Transport and Pi Flux

  • Mehrnaz Zarinfar,
  • Marziyeh Aghazadeh,
  • Rucha Arun Bapat,
  • Yanbin Ji and
  • Michael L. Paine

20 November 2025

Dental enamel, the final product of amelogenesis, is a highly mineralized bioceramic that becomes acellular and non-regenerating after tooth eruption. This paper reviews literature that explores inorganic phosphate (Pi) transport during the process o...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,011 Views
26 Pages

The m6A Modification in Neurodegenerative Disease: A Cellular Perspective

  • Shuowei Wang,
  • Ziming Feng,
  • Hongjin Wu,
  • Shen Wang,
  • Suping Qin,
  • Xiaotian Wang,
  • Feng Zhou,
  • Kuiyang Zheng,
  • Xufeng Huang and
  • Xiaomei Liu

20 November 2025

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant internal RNA modification in eukaryotes and plays a critical role in gene expression regulation by influencing RNA stability, splicing, nuclear export, and translation. Emerging evidence suggests that dys...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
713 Views
14 Pages

20 November 2025

The immune control of cancer growth is an area of active investigation. In this study, we demonstrated the feasibility of using standard immunohistochemistry methods in conjunction with a set of newly developed chromogens to demonstrate immune cell m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
613 Views
20 Pages

GV1001, an hTERT-Derived Peptide, Prevents Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity by Preserving Mitochondrial Function

  • Wei Chen,
  • Cheyenne Beheshtian,
  • Seojin Kim,
  • Reuben Kim,
  • Sangjae Kim and
  • No-Hee Park

19 November 2025

GV1001, a multifunctional peptide, has shown numerous biomedical activities, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-Alzheimer’s, and anti-atherosclerotic effects, and protects mitochondria from cytotoxic agents. Cisplatin is a widely us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
555 Views
33 Pages

19 November 2025

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) predisposes individuals to pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, yet the mechanisms underlying alcohol-related lung disease (ARLD) remain unclear. Alveolar type II (AT2)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
655 Views
18 Pages

Cortical Bone Loss and Fragility in a 2-Month Triple Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Giuseppina Storlino,
  • Francesca Posa,
  • Teresa Stefania Dell'Endice,
  • Federica Piccolo,
  • Graziana Colaianni,
  • Tommaso Cassano,
  • Maria Grano and
  • Giorgio Mori

19 November 2025

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and osteoporosis frequently co-occur in the elderly; however, the pathophysiological link between these two diseases remains unclear. This study investigates skeletal alterations in a triple transgenic 3xTg-AD mouse mod...

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