CAR T therapy beyond cancer: the evolution of a living drug

DJ Baker, Z Arany, JA Baur, JA Epstein, CH June - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Engineering a patient's own T cells to selectively target and eliminate tumour cells has cured
patients with untreatable haematologic cancers. These results have energized the field to …

The secretion profile of mesenchymal stem cells and potential applications in treating human diseases

Y Han, J Yang, J Fang, Y Zhou, E Candi… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) possess multi-lineage differentiation and self-
renewal potentials. MSCs-based therapies have been widely utilized for the treatment of …

An integrated cell atlas of the lung in health and disease

L Sikkema, C Ramírez-Suástegui, DC Strobl… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Single-cell technologies have transformed our understanding of human tissues. Yet, studies
typically capture only a limited number of donors and disagree on cell type definitions …

Single-nucleus and spatial transcriptome profiling of pancreatic cancer identifies multicellular dynamics associated with neoadjuvant treatment

WL Hwang, KA Jagadeesh, JA Guo, HI Hoffman… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal and treatment-refractory
cancer. Molecular stratification in pancreatic cancer remains rudimentary and does not yet …

The Tabula Sapiens: A multiple-organ, single-cell transcriptomic atlas of humans

The Tabula Sapiens Consortium*, RC Jones… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Molecular characterization of cell types using single-cell transcriptome sequencing is
revolutionizing cell biology and enabling new insights into the physiology of human organs …

Wound healing, fibroblast heterogeneity, and fibrosis

HE Talbott, S Mascharak, M Griffin, DC Wan… - Cell stem cell, 2022 - cell.com
Fibroblasts are highly dynamic cells that play a central role in tissue repair and fibrosis.
However, the mechanisms by which they contribute to both physiologic and pathologic …

Adipose-tissue plasticity in health and disease

A Sakers, MK De Siqueira, P Seale, CJ Villanueva - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Adipose tissue, colloquially known as" fat," is an extraordinarily flexible and heterogeneous
organ. While historically viewed as a passive site for energy storage, we now appreciate that …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts in the single-cell era

D Lavie, A Ben-Shmuel, N Erez, R Scherz-Shouval - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are central players in the microenvironment of solid
tumors, affecting cancer progression and metastasis. CAFs have diverse phenotypes …

[HTML][HTML] Tertiary lymphoid structures generate and propagate anti-tumor antibody-producing plasma cells in renal cell cancer

M Meylan, F Petitprez, E Becht, A Bougoüin, G Pupier… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
The presence of intratumoral tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) is associated with positive
clinical outcomes and responses to immunotherapy in cancer. Here, we used spatial …

[HTML][HTML] TGF-β signaling in health and disease

J Massagué, D Sheppard - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The TGF-β regulatory system plays crucial roles in the preservation of organismal integrity.
TGF-β signaling controls metazoan embryo development, tissue homeostasis, and injury …