Engineering the next generation of cell-based therapeutics

CJ Bashor, IB Hilton, H Bandukwala… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Cell-based therapeutics are an emerging modality with the potential to treat many currently
intractable diseases through uniquely powerful modes of action. Despite notable recent …

Developments in stem cell-derived islet replacement therapy for treating type 1 diabetes

NJ Hogrebe, M Ishahak, JR Millman - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The generation of islet-like endocrine clusters from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs)
has the potential to provide an unlimited source of insulin-producing β cells for the treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Hypoimmune induced pluripotent stem cells survive long term in fully immunocompetent, allogeneic rhesus macaques

X Hu, K White, AG Olroyd, R DeJesus… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Genetic engineering of allogeneic cell therapeutics that fully prevents rejection by a
recipient's immune system would abolish the requirement for immunosuppressive drugs or …

Single-nucleus multi-omics of human stem cell-derived islets identifies deficiencies in lineage specification

P Augsornworawat, NJ Hogrebe, M Ishahak… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Insulin-producing β cells created from human pluripotent stem cells have potential as a
therapy for insulin-dependent diabetes, but human pluripotent stem cell-derived islets (SC …

Human hypoimmune primary pancreatic islets avoid rejection and autoimmunity and alleviate diabetes in allogeneic humanized mice

X Hu, C Gattis, AG Olroyd, AM Friera, K White… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Transplantation of allogeneic pancreatic donor islets has successfully been performed in
selected patients with difficult-to-control insulin-dependent diabetes and impaired …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering early human pancreas development at the single-cell level

Z Ma, X Zhang, W Zhong, H Yi, X Chen, Y Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding pancreas development can provide clues for better treatments of pancreatic
diseases. However, the molecular heterogeneity and developmental trajectory of the early …

Identification of unique cell type responses in pancreatic islets to stress

MM Maestas, M Ishahak, P Augsornworawat… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Diabetes involves the death or dysfunction of pancreatic β-cells. Analysis of bulk sequencing
from human samples and studies using in vitro and in vivo models suggest that endoplasmic …

Stem cells differentiation into insulin-producing cells (IPCs): recent advances and current challenges

IBB Silva, CH Kimura, VP Colantoni… - Stem cell research & …, 2022 - Springer
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a chronic disease characterized by an autoimmune
destruction of insulin-producing β-pancreatic cells. Although many advances have been …

Standardized production of hPSC-derived cardiomyocyte aggregates in stirred spinner flasks

N Kriedemann, W Triebert, J Teske, M Mertens… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A promising cell-therapy approach for heart failure aims at differentiating human pluripotent
stem cells (hPSCs) into functional cardiomyocytes (CMs) in vitro to replace the disease …

[HTML][HTML] Type 1 diabetes and engineering enhanced islet transplantation

A Jeyagaran, C Lu, A Zbinden, AL Birkenfeld… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of new therapeutic approaches to treat type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D)
relies on the precise understanding and deciphering of insulin-secreting β-cell biology, as …