Prospect of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neural Crest Stem Cells in Clinical Application by Qian Zhu, Qiqi Lu, Rong Gao, Tong Cao

“…As human pluripotent stem cells including human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) can serve as an unlimited cell source to generate NCSCs, hESC/hiPSC-derived NCSCs can be a valuable tool to study the underlying mechanisms of NCSC-associated diseases, which paves the way for future therapies for these abnormalities. …”
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Gingival Mesenchymal Stem/Progenitor Cells: A Unique Tissue Engineering Gem by Karim M. Fawzy El-Sayed, Christof E. Dörfer

“…The present review summarizes the current scientific evidence on G-MSCs’ isolation, their characterization, the investigated subpopulations, the generated induced pluripotent stem cells- (iPSC-) like G-MSCs, their regenerative properties, and current approaches for G-MSCs’ delivery. …”
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Targeted In Situ Gene Correction of Dysfunctional APOE Alleles to Produce Atheroprotective Plasma ApoE3 Protein by Ioannis Papaioannou, J. Paul Simons, James S. Owen

“…This technology is applicable ex vivo, for example to target haematopoietic or induced pluripotent stem cells, and also for in vivo hepatic gene targeting. …”
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Cellular Reprogramming, Genome Editing, and Alternative CRISPR Cas9 Technologies for Precise Gene Therapy of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Peter Gee, Huaigeng Xu, Akitsu Hotta

“…In the past decade, the development of two innovative technologies, namely, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and the CRISPR Cas9 system, has enabled researchers to model diseases derived from patient cells and precisely edit DNA sequences of interest, respectively. …”
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Airway basal stem cell therapy for lung diseases: an emerging regenerative medicine strategy by Xingren Liu, Xin Wang, Xue Wu, Shuhua Zhan, Yan Yang, Caiyu Jiang

“…This review comprehensively explores the efficacy and action mechanisms of airway BSCs across various lung disease models and describes potential strategies for inducing pluripotent stem cells to differentiate into pulmonary epithelial lineages on the basis of the original research findings. …”
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Stem Cells as In Vitro Model of Parkinson's Disease by Patricia L. Martínez-Morales, Isabel Liste

“…The ability to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from PD patients and a refined capacity to differentiate these iPSCs into DA neurons, the relevant disease cell type, promises a new paradigm in drug development that positions human disease pathophysiology at the core of preclinical drug discovery. …”
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Patient-Specific Pluripotent Stem Cells in Neurological Diseases by Serpen Durnaoglu, Sermin Genc, Kursad Genc

“…The increasing availability of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from adult human somatic cells provides new prospects for cellreplacement strategies and disease-related basic research in a broad spectrum of human neurologic diseases. …”
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Long Noncoding RNA uc001pwg.1 Is Downregulated in Neointima in Arteriovenous Fistulas and Mediates the Function of Endothelial Cells Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells by Lei Lv, Haozhe Qi, Xiangjiang Guo, Qihong Ni, Zezhen Yan, Lan Zhang

“…Further studies revealed that uc001pwg.1 overexpression could increase nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) phosphorylation and nitric oxide (NO) production in endothelial cells (ECs) derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (HiPSCs). Mechanistically, uc001pwg.1 improves endothelial function via mediating MCAM expression. …”
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Stem Cells for Cartilage Repair: Preclinical Studies and Insights in Translational Animal Models and Outcome Measures by Melissa Lo Monaco, Greet Merckx, Jessica Ratajczak, Pascal Gervois, Petra Hilkens, Peter Clegg, Annelies Bronckaers, Jean-Michel Vandeweerd, Ivo Lambrichts

“…Moreover, stem cell-based therapies using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) or induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have been used successfully in preclinical and clinical settings. …”
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The Potential for Cellular Therapy Combined with Growth Factors in Spinal Cord Injury by Jack Rosner, Pablo Avalos, Frank Acosta, John Liu, Doniel Drazin

“…Research is being conducted in the following areas: pathophysiology, cellular therapies (Schwann cells, embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, olfactory ensheathing cells), growth factors (BDNF), inhibitory molecules (NG2, myelin protein), and combination therapies (cell grafts and neurotrophins, cotransplantation). …”
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Human-based complex in vitro models: their promise and potential for rare disease therapeutics by Surat Parvatam, Francesca Pistollato, Lindsay J. Marshall, Fabia Furtmann, Devashree Jahagirdar, Mohua Chakraborty Choudhury, Sujata Mohanty, Harshita Mittal, Saveetha Meganathan, Rakesh Mishra

“…Complex in vitro models (CIVMs), including those using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), organoids, and organs-on-chips are emerging as powerful human-based pre-clinical systems with the capacity to provide efficacy data enabling drugs to move into clinical trials. …”
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Nanosensor-based imaging of realtime dopamine release in neurons derived from iPSCs of patients with Parkinson's disease by Nayeon Lee, Dakyeon Lee, Jae Hyeok Lee, Bo Seok Lee, Sungjee Kim, Jae Ho Kim, Sanghwa Jeong

“…In this study, we applied NIRCat to elucidate DA release in human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs)-derived dopaminergic neurons from both healthy control and PD patient carrying GBA1 mutations. …”
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Chitosan suitability to adhesion, neuronal differentiation and maturation of hiPSCs compared to Matrigel coated substrates by Sara Grasselli, Donatella Di Lisa, Pier Francesco Ferrari, Sergio Martinoia, Laura Pastorino

“…Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) derived neurons are revolutionising the study of patient-specific conditions. …”
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Regenerative Medicine for Neurological Disorders by Dong-Hyuk Park, David J. Eve, Yong-Gu Chung, Paul R. Sanberg

“…Newly developed stem cells, such as amniotic epithelial stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells, as well as well-known traditional stem cells, such as neural, embryonic, bone marrow mesenchymal, and human umbilical cord blood–derived stem cells, were reported. …”
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The Importance of Ubiquitination and Deubiquitination in Cellular Reprogramming by Bharathi Suresh, Junwon Lee, Kye-Seong Kim, Suresh Ramakrishna

“…We also discuss the possibility of using DUBs, along with core transcription factors, to efficiently generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Our review provides a relatively new understanding regarding the importance of ubiquitination/deubiquitination of stem cell transcription factors for efficient cellular reprogramming.…”
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The Intersection of Epigenetics and Senolytics in Mechanisms of Aging and Therapeutic Approaches by Daiana Burdusel, Thorsten R. Doeppner, Roxana Surugiu, Dirk M. Hermann, Denissa Greta Olaru, Aurel Popa-Wagner

“…Epigenetic reprogramming strategies, such as induced pluripotent stem cells, may further complement senolytics by rejuvenating aged cells. …”
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Mitochondrial Fusion by M1 Promotes Embryoid Body Cardiac Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells by Jarmon G. Lees, Anne M. Kong, Yi C. Chen, Priyadharshini Sivakumaran, Damián Hernández, Alice Pébay, Alexandra J. Harvey, David K. Gardner, Shiang Y. Lim

“…Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be differentiated in vitro into bona fide cardiomyocytes for disease modelling and personalized medicine. …”
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High Content Analysis of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Hepatocytes Reveals Drug Induced Steatosis and Phospholipidosis by Arvind Pradip, Daniella Steel, Susanna Jacobsson, Gustav Holmgren, Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Peter Sartipy, Petter Björquist, Inger Johansson, Josefina Edsbagge

“…Recent advances in differentiating human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) into pure cultures of hepatocyte-like cells expressing functional drug metabolizing enzymes open up possibilities for novel, more relevant human cell based toxicity models. …”
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Mechanistic elucidation of human pancreatic acinar development using single-cell transcriptome analysis on a human iPSC differentiation model by Atsushi Mima, Azuma Kimura, Ryo Ito, Yu Hatano, Hiraku Tsujimoto, Shin-Ichi Mae, Junko Yamane, Wataru Fujibuchi, Norimitsu Uza, Taro Toyoda, Hiroshi Seno, Kenji Osafune

“…Pancreatic acinar cells differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have the potential to solve this issue. …”
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Thymosin β4 Improves Differentiation and Vascularization of EHTs by Tilman Ziegler, Rabea Hinkel, Andrea Stöhr, Thomas Eschenhagen, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Ferdinand le Noble, Robert David, Arne Hansen, Christian Kupatt

“…Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) constitute a powerful tool to study cardiac physiology and represents a promising treatment strategy to tackle cardiac disease. …”
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