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8 September 2025
Cells | Highly Cited Papers Published in 2024 in the “Stem Cells” Section


We are pleased to share a selection of highly cited papers published in the “Stem Cells” Section of Cells (ISSN: 2073-4409) in 2024, which are listed below.

1. “A Novel CRISPR-Cas9 Strategy to Target DYSTROPHIN Mutations Downstream of Exon 44 in Patient-Specific DMD iPSCs”
by Neha R. Dhoke, Hyunkee Kim, Karim Azzag, Sarah B. Crist, James Kiley and Rita C. R. Perlingeiro
Cells 2024, 13(11), 972; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13110972
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/11/972

2. “Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neural Progenitor Cells Showed Neuronal Differentiation, Neurite Extension, and Formation of Synaptic Structures in Rodent Ischemic Stroke Brains”
by Yonehiro Kanemura, Atsuyo Yamamoto, Asako Katsuma, Hayato Fukusumi, Tomoko Shofuda, Daisuke Kanematsu, Yukako Handa, Miho Sumida, Ema Yoshioka, Yutaka Mine et al.
Cells 2024, 13(8), 671; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13080671
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/8/671

3. “Adult Human, but Not Rodent, Spermatogonial Stem Cells Retain States with a Foetal-like Signature”
by Stephen J. Bush, Rafail Nikola, Seungmin Han, Shinnosuke Suzuki, Shosei Yoshida, Benjamin D. Simons and Anne Goriely
Cells 2024, 13(9); 742; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13090742
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/9/742

4. “Neonatal Brains Exhibit Higher Neural Reparative Activities than Adult Brains in a Mouse Model of Ischemic Stroke”
by Ryo Nishiyama, Takayuki Nakagomi, Akiko Nakano-Doi, Yoji Kuramoto, Masahiro Tsuji and Shinichi Yoshimura
Cells 2024, 13(6), 519; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13060519
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/6/519

5. “Administration of Human-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Activates Locally Stimulated Endogenous Neural Progenitors and Reduces Neurological Dysfunction in Mice after Ischemic Stroke”
by Shuichi Fujiwara, Akiko Nakano-Doi, Toshinori Sawano, Shuji Kubo, Nobutaka Doe and Takayuki Nakagomi
Cells 2024, 13(11), 939; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13110939
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/11/939

6. “Optical Genome Mapping Reveals Genomic Alterations upon Gene Editing in hiPSCs: Implications for Neural Tissue Differentiation and Brain Organoid Research”
by Lucia Gallego Villarejo, Wanda M. Gerding, Lisa Bachmann, Luzie H. I. Hardt, Stefan Bormann, Huu Phuc Nguyen and Thorsten Müller
Cells 2024, 13(6), 507; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13060507
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/6/507

7. “Transcription Factor-Mediated Generation of Dopaminergic Neurons from Human iPSCs—A Comparison of Methods”
by Kirstin O. McDonald, Nikita M. A. Lyons, Luca K. C. Gray, Janet B. Xu, Lucia Schoderboeck, Stephanie M. Hughes and Indranil Basak
Cells 2024, 13(12), 1016; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13121016
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/12/1016

8. “Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC)-Derived GABAergic Neuron Differentiation in Bipolar Disorder”
by Daniel J. Schill, Durga Attili, Cynthia J. DeLong, Melvin G. McInnis, Craig N. Johnson, Geoffrey G. Murphy and K. Sue O’Shea
Cells 2024, 13(14), 1194; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13141194
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/14/1194

9. “Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exosomes Enhance Posterolateral Spinal Fusion in a Rat Model”
by Wing Moon Raymond Lam, Wen-Hai Zhuo, Long Yang, Rachel Tan, Sai Kiang Lim, Hwee Weng Dennis Hey and Wei Seong Toh
Cells 2024, 13(9), 761; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13090761
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/9/761

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