The journey from melanocytes to melanoma

PP Centeno, V Pavet, R Marais - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past decade, melanoma has led the field in new cancer treatments, with impressive
gains in on-treatment survival but more modest improvements in overall survival. Melanoma …

Identification, discrimination and heterogeneity of fibroblasts

U Lendahl, L Muhl, C Betsholtz - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Fibroblasts, the principal cell type of connective tissue, secrete extracellular matrix
components during tissue development, homeostasis, repair and disease. Despite this …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin potential identified by shared single-cell profiling of RNA and chromatin

S Ma, B Zhang, LM LaFave, AS Earl, Z Chiang, Y Hu… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Cell differentiation and function are regulated across multiple layers of gene regulation,
including modulation of gene expression by changes in chromatin accessibility. However …

[HTML][HTML] Substance P release by sensory neurons triggers dendritic cell migration and initiates the type-2 immune response to allergens

C Perner, CH Flayer, X Zhu, PA Aderhold, ZNA Dewan… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) of the cDC2 lineage initiate allergic immunity and in the dermis are
marked by their expression of CD301b. CD301b+ dermal DCs respond to allergens …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct regulatory programs control the latent regenerative potential of dermal fibroblasts during wound healing

S Abbasi, S Sinha, E Labit, NL Rosin, G Yoon… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Dermal fibroblasts exhibit considerable heterogeneity during homeostasis and in response
to injury. Defining lineage origins of reparative fibroblasts and regulatory programs that drive …

Wound healing in aged skin exhibits systems-level alterations in cellular composition and cell-cell communication

R Vu, S Jin, P Sun, D Haensel, QH Nguyen, M Dragan… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Delayed and often impaired wound healing in the elderly presents major medical and
socioeconomic challenges. A comprehensive understanding of the cellular/molecular …

Corticosterone inhibits GAS6 to govern hair follicle stem-cell quiescence

S Choi, B Zhang, S Ma, M Gonzalez-Celeiro, D Stein… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Chronic, sustained exposure to stressors can profoundly affect tissue homeostasis, although
the mechanisms by which these changes occur are largely unknown. Here we report that the …

Dissecting the microenvironment around biosynthetic scaffolds in murine skin wound healing

C Hu, C Chu, L Liu, C Wang, S Jin, R Yang, S Rung… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The structural properties of biomaterials play crucial roles in guiding cell behavior and
influencing immune responses against the material. We fabricated electrospun membranes …

Early-life inflammation primes a T helper 2 cell–fibroblast niche in skin

IC Boothby, MJ Kinet, DP Boda, EY Kwan, S Clancy… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Inflammation early in life can prime the local immune milieu of peripheral tissues, which can
cause lasting changes in immunological tone that confer disease protection or susceptibility …

Spatiotemporally resolved transcriptomics reveals the subcellular RNA kinetic landscape

J Ren, H Zhou, H Zeng, CK Wang, J Huang, X Qiu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Spatiotemporal regulation of the cellular transcriptome is crucial for proper protein
expression and cellular function. However, the intricate subcellular dynamics of RNA remain …