Application of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cellular and organoid models for COVID-19 research

Y Luo, M Zhang, Y Chen, Y Chen… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its
rapid international spread has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Recent progress in the research of suicide gene therapy for malignant glioma

R Tamura, H Miyoshi, K Yoshida, H Okano… - Neurosurgical review, 2021 - Springer
Malignant glioma, which is characterized by diffuse infiltration into the normal brain
parenchyma, is the most aggressive primary brain tumor with dismal prognosis. Over the …

Targeted inhibition of the miR‐199a/214 cluster by CRISPR interference augments the tumor tropism of human induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived neural stem cells …

Y Luo, X Xu, X An, X Sun, S Wang… - Stem cells …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) provides a breakthrough approach that
helps overcoming ethical and allergenic challenges posed in application of neural stem …

Regional methylome profiling reveals dynamic epigenetic heterogeneity and convergent hypomethylation of stem cell quiescence-associated genes in breast cancer …

Y Luo, J Huang, Y Tang, X Luo, L Ge, X Sheng, X Sun… - Cell & Bioscience, 2019 - Springer
Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) induces a pathological complete response
(pCR) in~ 30% of patients with breast cancer. However, aberrant DNA methylation …

Uniparental disomy of the entire X chromosome in Turner syndrome patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells

Y Luo, D Zhu, R Du, Y Gong, C Xie, X Xu, Y Fan, B Yu… - Cell Discovery, 2015 - nature.com
The human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technique promises to provide an unlimited,
reliable source of genetically matched pluripotent cells for personalized therapy and disease …

Integrative Analysis of CRISPR/Cas9 Target Sites in the Human HBB Gene

Y Luo, D Zhu, Z Zhang, Y Chen… - BioMed Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) system
has emerged as a powerful customizable artificial nuclease to facilitate precise genetic …

Cell‑cell fusion as an important mechanism of tumor metastasis

XC Peng, M Zhang, YY Meng, YF Liang… - Oncology …, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
Cell‑cell fusion is a dynamic biological phenomenon, which plays an important role in
various physiological processes, such as tissue regeneration. Similarly, normal cells …

Candidate genes and microRNAs for glioma pathogenesis and prognosis based on gene expression profiles

C Xie, M Xu, D Lu, W Zhang… - Molecular …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Glioma is the most common malignant brain tumor, and the incidence of glioma
demonstrates an upward trend. It is vital to elucidate the pathogenesis of glioma and seek …

Gene regulation mediated by competing RNA: From benchside to bedside

Y Luo, D Zhu, JH Fang - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In addition to DNA methylation and chromatin structure, another important level of epigenetic
regulation for gene expression is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)(Luo et al., 2019). NcRNAs …

Yeast Actin‐Related Protein ARP6 Negatively Regulates Agrobacterium‐Mediated Transformation of Yeast Cell

Y Luo, Z Chen, D Zhu, H Tu… - BioMed Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The yeasts, including Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia pastoris, are single‐cell
eukaryotic organisms that can serve as models for human genetic diseases and hosts for …