[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Mutational signatures: emerging concepts, caveats and clinical applications

G Koh, A Degasperi, X Zou, S Momen… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing has brought the cancer genomics community into new territory.
Thanks to the sheer power provided by the thousands of mutations present in each patient's …

[HTML][HTML] A reference human induced pluripotent stem cell line for large-scale collaborative studies

CB Pantazis, A Yang, E Lara, JA McDonough… - Cell stem cell, 2022 - cell.com
Human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines are a powerful tool for studying
development and disease, but the considerable phenotypic variation between lines makes it …

The consequences of recurrent genetic and epigenetic variants in human pluripotent stem cells

PW Andrews, I Barbaric, N Benvenisty, JS Draper… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
It is well established that human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can acquire genetic and
epigenetic changes during culture in vitro. Given the increasing use of hPSCs in research …

[HTML][HTML] A clinical-grade HLA haplobank of human induced pluripotent stem cells matching approximately 40% of the Japanese population

S Yoshida, TM Kato, Y Sato, M Umekage, T Ichisaka… - Med, 2023 - cell.com
Background Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are expected to be useful for
regenerative medicine for many diseases. Many researchers have focused on and enabled …

[HTML][HTML] Neurodegeneration cell per cell

S Balusu, R Praschberger, E Lauwers, B De Strooper… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The clinical definition of neurodegenerative diseases is based on symptoms that reflect
terminal damage of specific brain regions. This is misleading as it tells little about the initial …

High prevalence of acquired cancer-related mutations in 146 human pluripotent stem cell lines and their differentiated derivatives

E Lezmi, J Jung, N Benvenisty - Nature Biotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
To survey cancer-related mutations in human pluripotent stem cells and their derivatives, we
analyzed> 2,200 transcriptomes from 146 independent lines in the NCBI's Sequence Read …

[HTML][HTML] Revolutionizing disease modeling: the emergence of organoids in cellular systems

R Silva-Pedrosa, AJ Salgado, PE Ferreira - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cellular models have created opportunities to explore the characteristics of human diseases
through well-established protocols, while avoiding the ethical restrictions associated with …

Manufacturing the multiscale vascular hierarchy: progress toward solving the grand challenge of tissue engineering

EA Margolis, NE Friend, MW Rolle, E Alsberg… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
In human vascular anatomy, blood flows from the heart to organs and tissues through a
hierarchical vascular tree, comprising large arteries that branch into arterioles and further …

DPPA5A suppresses the mutagenic TLS and MMEJ pathways by modulating the cryptic splicing of Rev1 and Polq in mouse embryonic stem cells

F Jiang, L Wang, Y Dong, W Nie… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Genetic alterations are often acquired during prolonged propagation of pluripotent stem
cells (PSCs). This ruins the stem cell quality and hampers their full applications …