Human pluripotent stem cells-based therapies for neurodegenerative diseases: current status and challenges

E Ford, J Pearlman, T Ruan, J Manion, M Waller… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by irreversible cell damage, loss of neuronal
cells and limited regeneration potential of the adult nervous system. Pluripotent stem cells …

Universal cell donor lines: A review of the current research

A Simpson, AW Hewitt, KA Fairfax - Stem Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) hold
promise for transplantation medicine. Diverse human leukocyte antigen (HLA) profiles …

An effective approach to prevent immune rejection of human ESC-derived allografts

Z Rong, M Wang, Z Hu, M Stradner, S Zhu, H Kong… - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) hold great promise for cell therapy as a source of
diverse differentiated cell types. One key bottleneck to realizing such potential is allogenic …

Fail-safe system against potential tumorigenicity after transplantation of iPSC derivatives

G Itakura, S Kawabata, M Ando, Y Nishiyama, K Sugai… - Stem cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are promising in regenerative medicine.
However, the risks of teratoma formation and the overgrowth of the transplanted cells …

[HTML][HTML] Suicide gene therapy for cancer–current strategies

P Zarogoulidis, K Darwiche, A Sakkas… - Journal of genetic …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Current cancer treatments may create profound iatrogenic outcomes. The adverse effects of
these treatments still remain, as the serious problems that practicing physicians have to …

Selective ablation of tumorigenic cells following human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural stem/progenitor cell transplantation in spinal cord injury

K Kojima, H Miyoshi, N Nagoshi… - Stem Cells …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Tumorigenesis is an important problem that needs to be addressed in the field of human
stem/progenitor cell transplantation for the treatment of subacute spinal cord injury (SCI) …

Generation of hypoimmunogenic human pluripotent stem cells via expression of membrane-bound and secreted β2m-HLA-G fusion proteins

L Shi, W Li, Y Liu, Z Chen, Y Hui, P Hao, X Xu… - Stem Cells, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Allogeneic immune rejection is a major barrier for the application of human pluripotent stem
cells (hPSCs) in regenerative medicine. A broad spectrum of immune cells, including T cells …

Highly efficient and expedited hepatic differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells by pure small-molecule cocktails

C Du, Y Feng, D Qiu, Y Xu, M Pang, N Cai… - Stem cell research & …, 2018 - Springer
Background The advent of human-induced pluripotent stem cells holds great promise for
producing ample individualized hepatocytes. Although previous efforts have succeeded in …

An inducible caspase-9 suicide gene to improve the safety of therapy using human induced pluripotent stem cells

S Yagyu, V Hoyos, F Del Bufalo, MK Brenner - Molecular Therapy, 2015 - cell.com
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) hold promise for regenerative therapies,
though there are several safety concerns including the risk of oncogenic transformation or …

Preventing pluripotent cell teratoma in regenerative medicine applied to hematology disorders

A Bedel, F Beliveau, I Lamrissi-Garcia… - Stem cells …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Iatrogenic tumorigenesis is a major limitation for the use of human induced pluripotent stem
cells (hiPSCs) in hematology. The teratoma risk comes from the persistence of hiPSCs in …