In zebrafish,Müller glia(MG)cells retain the ability to proliferate and de-differentiate into retinal progenitor-like cells,subsequently differentiating into retinal neurons that can replace those damaged or lost...
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In zebrafish,Müller glia(MG)cells retain the ability to proliferate and de-differentiate into retinal progenitor-like cells,subsequently differentiating into retinal neurons that can replace those damaged or lost due to retinal *** con-trast,the reprogramming potential of MG in mammals has been lost,with these cells typically responding to retinal damage through *** efforts have been dedicated to achieving the reprogramming of MG cells in ***,significant advancements have been achieved in reprogramming MG cells in mice employing various *** the same time,some inevitable challenges have hindered identifying accurate MG cell reprogramming rather than the illusion,let alone improving the reprogramming efficiency and maturity of daughter ***,several strategies,including lineage tracking,multi-omics techniques,and functional analysis,have been developed to investigate the MG reprogramming process in *** review summarizes both the advantages and limitations of these novel strategies for analyzing MG reprogramming in mice,offering insights into enhancing the reliability and efficiency of MG reprogramming.
The pathological variant p.G2019S in the LRRK2 gene leads to the occurrence of a hereditary form of Parkinson's disease (PD) and affects 7% of patients with a familial form of the disease. However, the mechanisms ...
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The pathological variant p.G2019S in the LRRK2 gene leads to the occurrence of a hereditary form of Parkinson's disease (PD) and affects 7% of patients with a familial form of the disease. However, the mechanisms that trigger pathological events during the development of the disease are not yet fully understood. The authors obtained iPSCs (ICGi043-A line) from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of a patient with a hereditary form of PD associated with the genetic variant c.6055G>A (p.G2019S, rs34637584) in the LRRK2 gene using transfection with episomal vectors. iPSCs rapidly proliferate in dense monolayer cell colonies, are positive for endogenous alkaline phosphatase, have a normal karyotype (46,XX), express pluripotency markers (OCT4, SOX2, NANOG, TRA-1-60, SSEA-4), and are capable to differentiate into three germ layers (ecto-, endo-, and mesoderm), which confirms their pluripotent status. Future directed differentiation of the obtained iPSCs into dopaminergic neurons will allow the creation of an in vitro cell model of PD associated with the pathological variant c.6055G>A in the LRRK2 gene and contribute to understanding the pathogenesis of PD.
The search for new polymorphisms associated with hereditary diseases is important for diagnostics and the study of the disease's development pathology. The authors have analyzed a clinical exome of a Parkinson'...
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The search for new polymorphisms associated with hereditary diseases is important for diagnostics and the study of the disease's development pathology. The authors have analyzed a clinical exome of a Parkinson's disease patient and identified single-nucleotide variations in the LRRK2 (c.1000G>A, c.2167A>G) and PINK1 (c.1562A>C) genes. The LRRK2:c.1000G>A mutation has uncertain clinical significance and is interesting for further investigation. We generated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of the patient by nonintegrating episomal vectors. iPSCs demonstrate typical morphology and normal karyotype (46,XY), express pluripotency markers (OCT4, SOX2, NANOG, SSEA4, TRA-1-60), and are able to produce derivatives of three germ layers.
Diabetes mellitus is a disease of metabolism, featuring persistent hyperglycaemia due to insufficient insulin secretion or insulin resistance. At present, the generation of new beta cells from autologous cells by ecto...
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Diabetes mellitus is a disease of metabolism, featuring persistent hyperglycaemia due to insufficient insulin secretion or insulin resistance. At present, the generation of new beta cells from autologous cells by ectopic expression of specific transcription factors is a promising treatment for diabetes. The application of this strategy urgently needs safe and effective gene delivery vectors. In this work, a therapeutic plasmid (pNPMN-PBase), combined multiple specific transcription factors Ngn3, Pdx1, Mafa and Neruod1 (NPMN), was firstly constructed. Then, phenylboronic acid (PBA)-functionalized branched polymers (SS-HPT-P) have been proposed to deliver pNPMN-PBasefor the promising treatment of diabetes. SS-HPT-P had good biocompatibility and low cytotoxicity, and could achieve liver-targeted delivery. SS-HPT-P/pNPMN-PBase system can effectively realize the liver delivery of exogenous therapeutic genes, induce the reprogramming of hepatocytes into beta-like cells, reestablish the endogenous insulin-expression system, and alleviate diabetes and its complications. The present study thus provides an effective strategy for the cell replacement therapy of diabetes.
Abnormal metabolism of cancer cells results in complex tumor microenvironments (TME), which play a dominant role in tumor metastasis. Herein, self-delivery ternary bioregulators (designated as TerBio) are constructed ...
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Abnormal metabolism of cancer cells results in complex tumor microenvironments (TME), which play a dominant role in tumor metastasis. Herein, self-delivery ternary bioregulators (designated as TerBio) are constructed for photodynamic amplified immunotherapy against colorectal cancer by TME reprogramming. Specifically, carrier-free TerBio are prepared by the self-assembly of chlorine e6, SB505124 (SB), and lonidamine (Lon), which exhibit improved tumor accumulation, tumor penetration, and cellular uptake behaviors. Interestingly, TerBio-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) could not only inhibit the primary tumor growth but also induce immunogenic cell death of tumors to activate the cascade immune response. Furthermore, TerBio are capable of TME reprograming by SB-triggered transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta blockage and Lon-induced lactic acid efflux inhibition. As a consequence, TerBio significantly suppresses distant and metastatic tumor growth by PDT-amplified immunotherapy. This study might advance the development of self-delivery nanomedicine against malignant tumor growth and metastasis.
Parkinson's disease is a multifactorial disease;both genetic predisposition (5% of all cases), environmental factors, and age-related changes in the brain and other body systems contribute to its etiology. For the...
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Parkinson's disease is a multifactorial disease;both genetic predisposition (5% of all cases), environmental factors, and age-related changes in the brain and other body systems contribute to its etiology. For the diagnosis and study of the pathology of the disease development, it is important to search for new polymorphisms associated with hereditary forms of the disease. The clinical exome of a 55-year-old patient with Parkinson's disease was analyzed and a single nucleotide polymorphism in the GLUD2 gene (c.1492T>G) was identified. This genetic variant is pathogenic according to the ClinVar database, but the mechanism of pathogenesis is still poorly understood. In addition, there are currently no relevant models based on human cells, which is of great interest. We generated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from patient peripheral blood mononuclear cells using nonintegrating episomal vectors expressing OCT4, KLF4, L-MYC, SOX2, LIN28, and p53 shRNA. The obtained iPSC lines (ICGi044-B and ICGi044-C) demonstrate typical ESC-like morphology, normal karyotype (46,XY), express pluripotency markers (OCT4, SOX2, NANOG, SSEA4, TRA-1-60), and are able to give derivatives of three germ layers. The iPSC lines ICGi044-B and ICGi044-C, as well as their neural derivatives, represent a unique in vitro cell model for studying the pathogenetic mechanisms of the development of Parkinson's disease associated with the c.1492T>G mutation in the GLUD2 gene.
reprogramming of somatic cells is an inherently inefficient process. A new study has now identified histone H3K36 methylation as a crucial reprogramming barrier that operates downstream of TGF beta signalling. Global ...
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reprogramming of somatic cells is an inherently inefficient process. A new study has now identified histone H3K36 methylation as a crucial reprogramming barrier that operates downstream of TGF beta signalling. Global inhibition of H3K36 methylation induced PRC2-dependent silencing of mesenchymal genes and dramatically increased reprogramming efficiency.
Centella asiatica L.,a medicinal herb,has attracted substantial interest in research as well as commercial domains due to its bioactive compounds which include the pentacyclic triterpenoid centellosides,and in additio...
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Centella asiatica L.,a medicinal herb,has attracted substantial interest in research as well as commercial domains due to its bioactive compounds which include the pentacyclic triterpenoid centellosides,and in addition,*** addition,hydroxycinnamic acid conjugates as well as *** latter is the major class of secondary plant metabolites and comprises various subclasses,including *** are rarely reported in extracts from *** and differ structurally due to a flavylium(2-phenylchromenylium)ion that carries a positive charge at the oxygen atom of the C-ring of the basic flavonoid *** of *** was initiated and propagated on synthetic media and subjected to different light *** callus resulted from white fluorescent illumination,while purple callus developed in response to white light emitting diode(LED)*** profile the metabolites responsible for the intense purple coloration,methanolic extracts were prepared from the two cell *** phenolic,flavonoid,and anthocyanin content were determined and indicated(i)very low levels of flavonoids and anthocyanins in white callus and(ii)that anthocyanins dominate the flavonoid content of the purple *** were subjected to untargeted ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to high-definition mass spectrometry(UHPLC–MS)to profile newly synthesized *** annotation was based on accurate mass determination and characteristic fragmentation ***,the reprogramming of the metabolome of white *** callus due to LED illumination is reported and the profiles of cryptic anthocyanins as well as putative flavonoid and caffeoylquinic acid co-pigments in purple callus are described.
Cardiac fibrosis is a pathological response characterized by excessive deposition of fibrous connective tissue within the *** typically occurs following cardiac injuries or ***,the lack of suitable models for disease ...
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Cardiac fibrosis is a pathological response characterized by excessive deposition of fibrous connective tissue within the *** typically occurs following cardiac injuries or ***,the lack of suitable models for disease modeling and high-throughput drug discovery has hindered the establishment of an effective treatments for cardiac *** emergence and rapid progress of stem-cell and lineage reprogramming technology offer an unprecedented opportunity to develop an improved humanized and patient-specific model for studying cardiac fibrosis,providing a platform for screening potential drugs and synchronously elucidating the underlying molecular ***,reprogramming cardiac fibroblasts into cardiomyocyte-like cells to reduce scar volume and induce myocardial tissue regeneration is a promising approach in treating cardiac *** this review,we summarize the current advancements in stem cell technologies applied to study cardiac fibrosis and provide insights for future investigations into its mechanisms,drug discovery as well as therapy method.
The adult human heart has limited regenerative capacity. As such, the massive cardiomyocyte loss due to myocardial infarction leads to scar formation and adverse cardiac remodeling, which ultimately results in chronic...
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The adult human heart has limited regenerative capacity. As such, the massive cardiomyocyte loss due to myocardial infarction leads to scar formation and adverse cardiac remodeling, which ultimately results in chronic heart failure. Direct cardiac reprogramming that converts cardiac fibroblast into functional cardiomyocyte-like cells (also called iCMs) holds great promise for heart regeneration. Cardiac reprogramming has been achieved both in vitro and in vivo by using a variety of cocktails that comprise transcription factors, microRNAs, or small molecules. During the past several years, great progress has been made in improving reprogramming efficiency and understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms. Here, we summarize the direct cardiac reprogramming methods, review the current advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms of cardiac reprogramming, and highlight the novel insights gained from single-cell omics studies. Finally, we discuss the remaining challenges and future directions for the field.
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