Cells | Issue Cover Articles in the Second Half of 2025

4 March 2026
Cells | Issue Cover Articles in the Second Half of 2025

The articles below have been selected as the Cover Articles for Issues 13–24 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. “9-cis-Retinoic Acid Improves Disease Modelling in iPSC-Derived Liver Organoids” by Dastjerd, Mina Kazemzadeh, Vincent Merens, Ayla Smout, Rebeca De Wolf, Christophe Chesné, Catherine Verfaillie, Stefaan Verhulst and Leo A. van Grunsven Cells 2025, 14(13), 983; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14130983 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/13/983	2. “A High-Throughput ImmunoHistoFluorescence (IHF) Method for Sub-Nuclear Protein Analysis in Tissue” by Kezia Catharina Oxe, Kristoffer Staal Rohrberg, Ulrik Lassen and Dorthe Helena Larsen Cells 2025, 14(14), 1109; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14141109 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/14/1109
3. “Estradiol Downregulates MicroRNA-193a to Mediate Its Angiogenic Actions” by Lisa Rigassi, Mirel Adrian Popa, Ruth Stiller, Brigitte Leeners, Marinella Rosselli and Raghvendra Krishna Dubey Cells 2025, 14(15), 1134; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14151134 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/15/1134	4. “Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Vascular Dementia Following Experimental Diabetes” by Ed Wilson Santos, Subika Khatoon, Yun-Min Zheng and Yong-Xiao Wang Cells 2025, 14(16), 1260; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14161260 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/16/1260
5. “Context-Dependent Modulation of Breast Cancer Cell E-Cadherin Expression, Mitogenesis, and Immuno-Sensitivity by Immortalized Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Vitro” by Bei Dai, Neha Atale, Amanda M. Clark and Alan Wells Cells 2025, 14(17), 1316; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14171316 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/17/1316	6. “Trisomy 21 Disrupts Thyroid Hormones Signaling During Human iPSC-Derived Neural Differentiation In Vitro” by Janaina Sena de Souza, Sandra Sanchez-Sanchez, Nicolas Amelinez-Robles, B. S. Guerra, Gisele Giannocco and Alysson R. Muotri Cells 2025, 14(18), 1407; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14181407 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/18/1407
*7. “Mitochondrial ROS–ER Stress Axis Governs IL-10 Production in Neutrophils and Regulates Inflammation in Murine Chlamydia pneumoniae* Lung Infection”** by Bin Chou, Kazunari Ishii, Yusuke Kurihara, Akinori Shimizu, Michinobu Yoshimura, Ryo Ozuru, Ryota Itoh, Atsuhiko Sakamoto and Kenji Hiromatsu Cells 2025, 14(19), 1523; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14191523 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/19/1523	8. “TRIC-A Facilitates Sarcoplasmic Reticulum–Mitochondrial Ca²⁺ Signaling Crosstalk in Cardiomyocytes” by Ang Li, Xinyu Zhou, Ki Ho Park, Jianxun Yi, Xuejun Li, Jae-Kyun Ko, Yuchen Chen, Miyuki Nishi, Daiju Yamazaki, Hiroshi Takeshima et al. Cells, 2025, 14(20), 1579; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14201579 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/20/1579
9. “Glial Plasticity and Metabolic Stability After Knockdown of Astrocytic Cx43 in the Dorsal Vagal Complex” by Manon Barbot, Bruno Lebrun, Rym Barbouche, Stéphanie Gaigé, Alain Tonetto, Anne Abysique and Jean-Denis Troadec Cells 2025, 14(21), 1694; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14211694 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/21/1694	10. “Epicardial Abnormalities and Mesenchymal/Hematopoietic Cell Expansion in Plakophilin 2-Null Mouse Embryonic Hearts” by Mistura Dolapo Bolaji, Pia E. Hartmann, Eva Miriam Buhl, Robin M. W. Colpaert, Francesca Gasparella, Leon J. de Windt, Martina Calore, Rudolf E. Leube and Hoda Moazzen Cells 2025, 14(22), 1751; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14221751 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/22/1751
11. “Histone Deacetylase Inhibition Enhances AQP3 Levels in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells and Corneal Wound Healing in Normoglycemic and Diabetic Male Mice” by Samuel Melnyk, Xiaowen Lu, Victoria Ronderos, Vivek Choudhary, Maribeth H. Johnson, Mitchell A. Watsky and Wendy B. Bollag Cells 2025, 14(23), 1880; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14231880 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/23/1880	12. “KRT6A and KRT17 Mark Distinct Stem Cell Populations in the Adult Palpebral Conjunctiva and Meibomian Gland” by Xuming Zhu, Mingang Xu, David M. Owens and Sarah E. Millar Cells 2025, 14(24), 1979; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14241979 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/24/1979