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Cells, Volume 14, Issue 4

February-2 2025 - 80 articles

Cover Story: In most mammals, withdrawal of the pro-gestational hormone progesterone (P4) is necessary for the onset of labor. In the murine cervix, P4 withdrawal is mediated by P4-metabolizing enzymes SRD5A1 and 20α-HSD. Here, we present evidence of the following: (1) Inflammation significantly increases the levels of both P4-metabolizing enzymes in the mouse cervix, as well as the transcript levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, the cervical ripening enzyme Has2, and HABP, thereby inducing preterm labor (PTL); (2) Prophylactic administration of the selective progesterone receptor modulator promegestone (R5020), which is not metabolized by 20α-HSD, blocks infectious (lipopolysaccharide-induced) PTL in pregnant mice by maintaining P4 signaling and significantly inhibiting cervical remodeling. We conclude that promegestone represents a promising therapeutic approach for PTL prevention. View this paper
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Articles (80)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,252 Views
16 Pages

19 February 2025

SHEDs have demonstrated significant potential in cell therapy due to their superior proliferation rate, self-renewal and differentiation capacity (particularly neurogenesis attributed to their neural crest origin), and the less invasive procedure req...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,647 Views
19 Pages

A Critical Role of Intracellular PD-L1 in Promoting Ovarian Cancer Progression

  • Rui Huang,
  • Brad Nakamura,
  • Rosemary Senguttuvan,
  • Yi-Jia Li,
  • Antons Martincuks,
  • Rania Bakkar,
  • Mihae Song,
  • David K. Ann,
  • Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez and
  • Hua Yu

19 February 2025

Disrupting the interaction between tumor-cell surface PD-L1 and T cell membrane PD-1 can elicit durable clinical responses. However, only about 10% of ovarian cancer patients respond to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade. Here, we show that PD-L1 expression in ovar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,452 Views
14 Pages

Role of Hemocytes in the Aging of Drosophila Male Germline

  • Virginia Varga,
  • Janka Szinyákovics,
  • Anikó Bebes,
  • Fanni Szikszai and
  • Tibor Kovács

19 February 2025

Stem cells are essential for the proper functioning of tissues, replacing damaged, senescent cells to ensure tissue regeneration. However, as age advances, the number of these stem cells can change, and their self-renewal abilities can become impaire...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,060 Views
21 Pages

19 February 2025

β-globin gene cluster regulation involves complex mechanisms to ensure proper expression and function in RBCs. During development, switching occurs as γ-globin is replaced by β-globin. Key regulators, like BCL11A and ZBTB7A, repress &...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,724 Views
17 Pages

Rotavirus Spreads in a Spatially Controlled Manner

  • Gianna V. Passarelli,
  • Patricio Doldan,
  • Camila Metz-Zumaran,
  • Yagmur Keser,
  • Steeve Boulant and
  • Megan L. Stanifer

19 February 2025

Rotavirus is an enteric virus that leads to 200,000 deaths worldwide every year. The live-cell imaging evaluating rotavirus infection of MA104 cells revealed that rotavirus replication and spread occurs in a spatially controlled manner. Specifically,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,275 Views
12 Pages

Comparison Between Signal Transduction Pathway Activity in Blood Cells of Sepsis Patients and Laboratory Models

  • Wilbert Bouwman,
  • Reinier Raymakers,
  • Tom van der Poll and
  • Anja van de Stolpe

19 February 2025

Sepsis represents a serious disease burden that lacks effective treatment. Drug development for sepsis requires laboratory models that adequately represent sepsis patients. Simultaneous Transcriptome-based Activity Profiling of Signal Transduction Pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,809 Views
28 Pages

Therapeutic Targeting of the Galectin-1/miR-22-3p Axis Regulates Cell Cycle and EMT Depending on the Molecular Subtype of Breast Cancer

  • Ju Yeon Kim,
  • Jun Ho Lee,
  • Eun Jung Jung,
  • Young Sim Son,
  • Hee Jin Park,
  • Jae Myung Kim,
  • Taejin Park,
  • Sang-Ho Jeong,
  • Jinkwon Lee and
  • Tae Han Kim
  • + 2 authors

19 February 2025

Breast cancer is a highly heterogeneous disease; hence, it is crucial to understand its biology and identify new targets for the development of effective treatments. Galectin-1 is known to play an oncogenic role in breast cancer progression. It is kn...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,814 Views
17 Pages

The CD39/CD73/Adenosine and NAD/CD38/CD203a/CD73 Axis in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas

  • Liyun Lin,
  • Gabriele Roccuzzo,
  • Yuliya Yakymiv,
  • Sara Marchisio,
  • Erika Ortolan,
  • Ada Funaro,
  • Rebecca Senetta,
  • Valentina Pala,
  • Martine Bagot and
  • Adèle de Masson
  • + 4 authors

19 February 2025

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), characterized by malignant T-cell proliferation primarily in the skin, includes subtypes such as mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sézary syndrome (SS). The tumor microenvironment (TME) is central to their pathogenes...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,219 Views
13 Pages

18 February 2025

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation has profound effects on the immune system, including the induction of tolerogenic dendritic cells (DCs), which contribute to immune suppression and tolerance. This review explores the roles of conventional CD11c⁺ DCs,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,115 Views
23 Pages

18 February 2025

Histone modifications serve as molecular switches controlling critical cellular processes. The ubiquitination of histone H2A at lysines 13 and 15 (H2AK13/15ub) is a crucial epigenetic modification that coordinates DNA repair and genome stability duri...

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