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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
590 Views
27 Pages

17 November 2025

The Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Products (RAGE) is a cell surface receptor of the immunoglobulin-like receptor superfamily. RAGE is a pattern-recognition, multi-ligand receptor that binds glycated proteins, specific non-glycated proteins, and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3,174 Views
61 Pages

17 November 2025

Precision oncology is broadly defined as cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment specifically tailored to the patient based on his/her genetics and molecular profile. In simple terms, the goal of precision medicine is to deliver the right cancer...

  • Review
  • Open Access
834 Views
19 Pages

Improvement of Treg Selectivity and Stability for Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Treatment: Complex Approach for Perspective Technologies

  • Andrei A. Riabinin,
  • Dmitry D. Zhdanov,
  • Varvara G. Blinova,
  • Alena A. Permyakova,
  • Alina A. Stulova,
  • Lyubov A. Rzhanova,
  • Sofya Y. Nikitochkina,
  • Elena I. Morgun and
  • Ekaterina A. Vorotelyak

17 November 2025

The adoptive transfer of Tregs is a promising immunotherapeutic strategy for type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D). A key focus in this field is the creation of antigen-specific CAR-Tregs targeted against pancreatic islet antigens. However, the efficacy of...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
919 Views
26 Pages

Loss of BAP31 Is Detrimentally Aging Photoreceptors Through ER Stress-Mediated Retinal Degeneration

  • Fei Gao,
  • Yuqiang Zheng,
  • Tianyi Wang,
  • Mingqi Zhang,
  • Yuanlong An,
  • Zhuoshi Wang and
  • Bing Wang

17 November 2025

Retinal degeneration (RD) is an intractable ophthalmic disorder with no effective treatments, and its pathogenesis is complex, involving multiple genes. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and neuronal apoptosis are key factors that drive neurodegenera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
728 Views
15 Pages

Distinct Neurodegenerative Pathways in Two NBIA Subtypes: Inflammatory Activation in C19orf12 but Not in PANK2 Mutation Carriers

  • Marta Skowrońska,
  • Agnieszka Cudna,
  • Barbara Pakuła,
  • Magdalena Lebiedzińska-Arciszewska,
  • Justyna Janikiewicz,
  • Aneta M. Dobosz,
  • Patrycja Jakubek-Olszewska,
  • Agata Wydrych,
  • Maciej Cwyl and
  • Agnieszka Dobrzyń
  • + 2 authors

17 November 2025

Background: Biomarker analysis in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) can offer valuable insights into the disease’s pathology and natural history. Methods: Twenty-five patients with C19orf12 mutations causing mitochondrial me...

  • Review
  • Open Access
924 Views
22 Pages

17 November 2025

Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is among the most lethal human malignancies, characterized by rapid progression, therapeutic resistance, and a median survival of less than one year. Conventional therapies, including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemoth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
582 Views
16 Pages

A Small Molecule Compound, Berberine Reduces IgE but Not IgG Production via Promoting miRNA-34a-p53 Axis

  • Michelle Carnazza,
  • Madison Spears,
  • Raj K. Tiwari,
  • Jan Geliebter,
  • Nan Yang and
  • Xiu-Min Li

17 November 2025

Current therapeutic strategies for IgE-mediated diseases are limited. The drawbacks include adverse reactions, ineffectiveness, and relapses. Natural compound berberine (BBR) may combat this therapeutic gap through sustained transcriptional regulatio...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
941 Views
20 Pages

16 November 2025

Retinal neurovascular coupling reflects the precise coordination between neuronal activity, glial support, and vascular responses, mirroring key neurovascular mechanisms in the brain. This review emphasizes the cellular and molecular processes underl...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
495 Views
10 Pages

15 November 2025

Dynein is a minus-end-directed microtubule motor that transports a variety of cargoes. Cargo specificity is mediated by a class of adaptor proteins that bind to the interface between dynein and dynactin, along the length of the Arp1 filament of dynac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,138 Views
20 Pages

The COX Pathway Alters Hematopoiesis in Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

  • Karolina Wrońska,
  • Maciej Ziętek,
  • Magdalena Marciniak and
  • Małgorzata Szczuko

15 November 2025

Introduction: There is limited data in the literature on the effect of prostaglandins (PG) and thromboxanes (TX) on the development and severity of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (HT). This article aimed to analyze the association between blood count...

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Cells - ISSN 2073-4409