iPS-cell technology and the problem of genetic instability—Can it ever be safe for clinical use?

SW Attwood, MJ Edel - Journal of clinical medicine, 2019 - mdpi.com
The use of induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) as a source of autologous tissues shows
great promise in regenerative medicine. Nevertheless, several major challenges remain to …

AsCas12a ultra nuclease facilitates the rapid generation of therapeutic cell medicines

L Zhang, JA Zuris, R Viswanathan, JN Edelstein… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Though AsCas12a fills a crucial gap in the current genome editing toolbox, it exhibits
relatively poor editing efficiency, restricting its overall utility. Here we isolate an engineered …

Genomic instability of iPSCs and challenges in their clinical applications

M Yoshihara, A Oguchi, Y Murakawa - Stem Cells: Therapeutic …, 2019 - Springer
Generation of human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from somatic cells has opened
the possibility to design novel therapeutic approaches. In 2014, the first-in-human clinical …

A versatile polypharmacology platform promotes cytoprotection and viability of human pluripotent and differentiated cells

Y Chen, CA Tristan, L Chen, VM Jovanovic, C Malley… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are capable of extensive self-renewal yet remain
highly sensitive to environmental perturbations in vitro, posing challenges to their …

Norepinephrine transporter defects lead to sympathetic hyperactivity in Familial Dysautonomia models

HF Wu, W Yu, K Saito-Diaz, CW Huang, J Carey… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Familial dysautonomia (FD), a rare neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorder
affects the sympathetic and sensory nervous system. Although almost all patients harbor a …

[HTML][HTML] Robotic high-throughput biomanufacturing and functional differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells

CA Tristan, P Ormanoglu, J Slamecka, C Malley… - Stem Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Efficient translation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) requires scalable cell
manufacturing strategies for optimal self-renewal and functional differentiation. Traditional …

O-GlcNAcylation is crucial for sympathetic neuron development, maintenance, functionality and contributes to peripheral neuropathy

HF Wu, CW Huang, J Art, HX Liu, GW Hart… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
O-GlcNAcylation is a post-translational modification (PTM) that regulates a wide range of
cellular functions and has been associated with multiple metabolic diseases in various …

[HTML][HTML] Derivation of peripheral nociceptive, mechanoreceptive, and proprioceptive sensory neurons from the same culture of human pluripotent stem cells

K Saito-Diaz, JR Street, H Ulrichs, N Zeltner - Stem Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
The three peripheral sensory neuron (SN) subtypes, nociceptors, mechanoreceptors, and
proprioceptors, localize to dorsal root ganglia and convey sensations such as pain …

ActivinA induced SMAD1/5 signaling in an iPSC derived EC model of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) can be rescued by the drug candidate saracatinib

S Hildebrandt, B Kampfrath, K Fischer… - Stem Cell Reviews and …, 2021 - Springer
Balanced signal transduction is crucial in tissue patterning, particularly in the vasculature.
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is tightly linked to vascularization with increased vessel …

Cryopreservation of human midbrain dopaminergic neural progenitor cells poised for neuronal differentiation

NJ Drummond, K Singh Dolt, MA Canham… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Human pluripotent stem cells can be differentiated into midbrain dopaminergic (mDA)
neurons by directing cells through a floor plate progenitor stage. The developmental identity …