Application of CRISPR/Cas9 to human-induced pluripotent stem cells: from gene editing to drug discovery

C De Masi, P Spitalieri, M Murdocca, G Novelli… - Human genomics, 2020 - Springer
Human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system
represent two instruments of basic and translational research, which both allow to acquire …

The liver microenvironment orchestrates FGL1-mediated immune escape and progression of metastatic colorectal cancer

JJ Li, JH Wang, T Tian, J Liu, YQ Zheng, HY Mo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with liver metastases usually obtain less benefit from
immunotherapy, and the underlying mechanisms remain understudied. Here, we identify …

iPSC-derived hepatocytes as a platform for disease modeling and drug discovery

JL Corbett, SA Duncan - Frontiers in medicine, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The liver is one of the largest organs in the body and is responsible for a diverse repertoire
of metabolic processes. Such processes include the secretion of serum proteins …

Engineering considerations of iPSC-based personalized medicine

S Park, Y Gwon, SA Khan, KJ Jang, J Kim - Biomaterials Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Personalized medicine aims to provide tailored medical treatment that considers the clinical,
genetic, and environmental characteristics of patients. iPSCs have attracted considerable …

Liver microphysiological systems for predicting and evaluating drug effects

AJS Ribeiro, X Yang, V Patel… - Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Liver plays a major role in drug metabolism and is one of the main sites of drug adverse
effects. Microphysiological systems (MPS), also known as organs‐on‐a‐chip, are a class of …

Stem cell-derived polarized hepatocytes

VL Dao Thi, X Wu, RL Belote, U Andreo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Human stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) offer an attractive platform to study
liver biology. Despite their numerous advantages, HLCs lack critical in vivo characteristics …

Recent advances in the applications of iPSC technology

C Wiegand, I Banerjee - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2019 - Elsevier
Pluripotent stems cells (PSCs) can be expanded indefinitely and differentiated into almost
any organ-specific cell type. This has enabled the generation of disease relevant tissues …

The interactions between HBV and the innate immunity of hepatocytes

FAK Megahed, X Zhou, P Sun - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection affects~ 350 million people and poses a major public health
problem worldwide. HBV is a major cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Fewer …

Impact of regulatory variation across human iPSCs and differentiated cells

NE Banovich, YI Li, A Raj, MC Ward… - Genome …, 2018 - genome.cshlp.org
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are an essential tool for studying cellular
differentiation and cell types that are otherwise difficult to access. We investigated the use of …

hiPSCs for predictive modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: dreaming the possible

P Rivetti di Val Cervo, D Besusso, P Conforti… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) were first generated in 2007, but the full
translational potential of this valuable tool has yet to be realized. The potential applications …