Cells | Issue Cover Articles in the First Half of 2025

3 February 2026
Cells | Issue Cover Articles in the First Half of 2025

The articles below have been selected as the Cover Articles for Issues 1–12 of Volume 14 by the Editorial Office of Cells (ISSN: 2073-4409). These articles come from multiple fields within the scope of cell biology, and we hope they can provide insights and references for scholars in related fields.

1. “Characterization of the Astrocyte Calcium Response to Norepinephrine in the Ventral Tegmental Area” by Michele Speggiorin, Angela Chiavegato, Micaela Zonta and Marta Gómez-Gonzalo Cells 2025, 14(1), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14010024 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/1/24	2. “miR-223 and Chromogranin A Affect Inflammatory Immune Cell Activation in Liver Metastasis of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms” by Lukas Geisler, Katharina Detjen, Teresa Hellberg, Marlene Kohlhepp, Carsten Grötzinger, Jana Knorr, Ines Eichhorn, Raphael Mohr, Theresa Holtmann, Bertram Wiedenmann et al. Cells 2025, 14(2), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14020111 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/2/111
3. “Alterations in Blood and Hippocampal mRNA and miRNA Expression, Along with Fat Deposition in Female B6C3F1 Mice Continuously Exposed to Prenatal Low-Dose-Rate Radiation and Their Comparison with Male Mice” by Hong Wang, Ignacia Braga Tanaka, Salihah Lau, Satoshi Tanaka, Amanda Tan and Feng Ru Tang Cells 2025, 14(3), 173; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14030173 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/3/173	4. “Promegestone Prevents Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Cervical Remodeling in Pregnant Mice” by Amna Nadeem, Lubna Nadeem, Stephen James Lye and Oksana Shynlova Cells 2025, 14(4), 242; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14040242 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/4/242
5. “Podocyte A20/TNFAIP3 Controls Glomerulonephritis Severity via the Regulation of Inflammatory Responses and Effects on the Cytoskeleton” by Paulina Köhler, Andrea Ribeiro, Mohsen Honarpisheh, Ekaterina von Rauchhaupt, Georg Lorenz, Chenyu Li, Lucas Martin, Stefanie Steiger, Maja Lindenmeyer, Christoph Schmaderer et al. Cells 2025, 14(5), 381; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14050381 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/5/381	6. “Anti-Tumor Effects of Cecropin A and Drosocin Incorporated into Macrophage-like Cells Against Hematopoietic Tumors in Drosophila mxc Mutants” by Marina Hirata, Tadashi Nomura and Yoshihiro H. Inoue Cells 2025, 14(6), 389; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14060389 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/6/389
7. “Beta-3 Adrenoceptor Agonism Protects the Enteric Nervous Tissue Against Hyperoxia-Induced Damage” by Patrizia Nardini, Luca Filippi, Virginia Zizi, Marta Molino, Camilla Fazi, Matteo Chivetti and Alessandro Pini Cells 2025, 14(7), 475; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14070475 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/7/475	8. “Hypothermia Shifts Neurodegeneration Phenotype in Neonatal Human Hypoxic–Ischemic Encephalopathy but Not in Related Piglet Models: Possible Relationship to Toxic Conformer and Intrinsically Disordered Prion-like Protein Accumulation” by Lee J. Martin, Jennifer K. Lee, Mark V. Niedzwiecki, Adriana Amrein Almira, Cameron Javdan, May W. Chen, Valerie Olberding, Stephen M. Brown, Dongseok Park, Sophie Yohannan et al. Cells 2025, 14(8), 586; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14080586 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/8/586
9. “Revitalizing the Epigenome of Adult Jaw Periosteal Cells: Enhancing Diversity in iPSC-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (iMSCs)” by Felix Umrath, Valerie Wendt, Gilles Gasparoni, Yasser Narknava, Jörn Walter, Bernd Lethaus, Josefin Weber, Victor Carriel, Meltem Avci-Adali and Dorothea Alexander Cells 2025, 14(9), 627; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14090627 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/9/627	10. “17β-Estradiol Promotes Tumorigenicity Through an Autocrine AREG/EGFR Loop in ER-α-Positive Breast Cancer Cells” by Sun Young Yoon, Yisun Jeong, Jai Min Ryu, Se Kyung Lee, Byung Joo Chae, Jonghan Yu, Seok Won Kim, Seok Jin Nam, Sangmin Kim and Jeong Eon Lee Cells 2025, 14(10), 703; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14100703 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/10/703
11. “Molecular Fingerprint of Endocannabinoid Signaling in the Developing Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus as Revealed by Single-Cell RNA-Seq and In Situ Hybridization” by Evgenii O. Tretiakov, Zsófia Hevesi, Csenge Böröczky, Alán Alpár, Tibor Harkany and Erik Keimpema Cells 2025, 14(11), 788; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14110788 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/11/788	12. “Wnt/PKC Signaling Inhibits Sensory Hair Cell Formation in the Developing Mammalian Cochlea” by Joanna F. Mulvaney, Erynn M. Layman, Farhana Feroze-Merzoug, Julia M. Abitbol, Jennifer M. Jones, Dara O’Connor, Florence Naillat, Seppo Vainio, Jeffrey S. Rubin, Matthew W. Kelley et al. Cells 2025, 14(12), 888; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14120888 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/12/888