Susceptibility to Ventricular Arrhythmias Resulting from Mutations in FKBP1B, PXDNL, and SCN9A Evaluated in hiPSC Cardiomyocytes by Hector Barajas-Martinez, Maya Smith, Dan Hu, Robert J. Goodrow, Colleen Puleo, Can Hasdemir, Charles Antzelevitch, Ryan Pfeiffer, Jacqueline A. Treat, Jonathan M. Cordeiro

“…We assessed the functional impact of these mutations in induced pluripotent stem cell cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) derived from the proband and an unaffected family member. …”
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Human neural rosettes secrete bioactive extracellular vesicles enriched in neuronal and glial cellular components by Malena Herrera Lopez, Matías Bertone Arolfo, Mónica Remedi, Laura Gastaldi, Carlos Wilson, Gonzalo G. Guendulain, Danilo Ceschin, Andrés Cardozo Gizzi, Alfredo Cáceres, Ana Lis Moyano

“…Human neural rosettes (hNRs) are radial cell structures that assemble from induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) and recapitulate some stages of neural tube morphogenesis. …”
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Four cardiomyopathy patients with a heterozygous DSG2 p.Arg119Ter variant by Takuya Sumida, Shou Ogawa, Shuichiro Higo, Yuki Kuramoto, Ryo Eto, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Congcong Sun, Junjun Li, Li Liu, Tomoka Tabata, Yoshihiro Asano, Mikio Shiba, Yasuhiro Akazawa, Daisuke Nakamura, Takafumi Oka, Tomohito Ohtani, Yasushi Sakata

“…A microforce test using human cardiomyocytes differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC-CMs) demonstrated reduced contractility in iPSC-CMs carrying a heterozygous truncating variant in DSG2. …”
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NPT100-18A rescues mitochondrial oxidative stress and neuronal degeneration in human iPSC-based Parkinson’s model by Julian E. Alecu, Veronika Sigutova, Razvan-Marius Brazdis, Sandra Lörentz, Marios Evangelos Bogiongko, Anara Nursaitova, Martin Regensburger, Laurent Roybon, Kerstin M. Galler, Wolfgang Wrasidlo, Beate Winner, Iryna Prots

“…NPT100-18A and structurally similar compounds (such as NPT200-11/UCB0599, currently being assessed in clinical studies) point towards a promising new approach for disease-modification. Methods Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived mDANs from PD patients with a monoallelic SNCA locus duplication and unaffected controls were treated with NPT100-18A. αSyn aggregation was evaluated biochemically and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels were assessed in living mDANs using fluorescent dyes. …”
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Characteristic of the active substance of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae preparation having radioprotective properties by G. S. Ritter, V. P. Nikolin, N. A. Popova, A. S. Proskurina, P. E. Kisaretova, O. S. Taranov, T. D. Dubatolova, E. V. Dolgova, E. A. Potter, S. S. Kirikovich, Y. R. Efremov, S. I. Bayborodin, M. V. Romanenko, M. I. Meschaninova, A. G. Venyaminova, N. A. Kolchanov, S. S. Bogachev

“…It is supposed that the radioprotective effect of double-stranded RNA is associated with the participation of RNA molecules in the correct repair of radiation-damaged chromatin in blood stem cells. The hematopoietic pluripotent cells that have survived migrate to the periphery, reach the spleen and actively proliferate. …”
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Cellular senescence induced by cholesterol accumulation is mediated by lysosomal ABCA1 in APOE4 and AD by Shaowei Wang, Boyang Li, Jie Li, Zhiheng Cai, Cristelle Hugo, Yi Sun, Lu Qian, Julia TCW, Helena C. Chui, Dante Dikeman, Isaac Asante, Stan G. Louie, David A. Bennett, Zoe Arvanitakis, Alan T. Remaley, Bilal E. Kerman, Hussein N. Yassine

“…Additionally, we used APOE4-TR mice and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models to explore cholesterol-ABCA1-senescence pathways. …”
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The AMD-associated genetic polymorphism CFH Y402H confers vulnerability to Hydroquinone-induced stress in iPSC-RPE cells by Angela Armento, Inga Sonntag, Ana-Cristina Almansa-Garcia, Merve Sen, Sylvia Bolz, Blanca Arango-Gonzalez, Ellen Kilger, Ruchi Sharma, Kapil Bharti, Rosario Fernandez-Godino, Berta de la Cerda, Simon J. Clark, Simon J. Clark, Simon J. Clark, Marius Ueffing

“…In our study, we examined the cell characteristics of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells, which play a major role in retinal homeostasis and stability and which are synonymously linked to AMD.MethodsHere, we employ RPE cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) generated from donors, carrying either homozygous 402Y (low risk) or 402H (high risk) variants of the CFH gene. …”
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Amyloidogenic immunoglobulin light chains disturb contractile function and calcium transients in a human cardiac spheroid model of light chain (AL) amyloidosis by Mélanie Bézard, Jean-Sébastien Vartanian-Grimaldi, Julien Henri, Denisa Calin, Amira Zaroui, Mounira Kharoubi, Thibaud Damy, Onnik Agbulut, Ekaterini Kordeli

“…To mimic the disease in a reconstituted system, soluble amyloidogenic LCs purified from urine of AL-CA patients were added to a mixture of induced pluripotent stem cell-issued human cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CM) and human primary cardiac fibroblasts, which resulted in formation of spheroids within 7 days. …”
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Cholangiocyte organoids for disease, cancer, and regenerative medicine by Munemasa Nagao, Akihisa Fukuda, Hirotaka Kashima, Sho Matsuyama, Kei Iimori, Shinnosuke Nakayama, Kenta Mizukoshi, Munenori Kawai, Go Yamakawa, Mayuki Omatsu, Mio Namikawa, Tomonori Masuda, Yukiko Hiramatsu, Yu Muta, Takahisa Maruno, Yuki Nakanishi, Tatsuaki Tsuruyama, Hiroshi Seno

“…With advancements in 3D culture technology, cholangiocyte organoids (COs) derived from primary tissues or induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can accurately replicate the structural and functional properties of biliary tissues. …”
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Integrating melt electrospinning writing and microfluidics to engineer a human cardiac microenvironment for high-fidelity drug screening by Yu-hong Wang, Ting-ting Liu, Yan-ping Guo, Shuo-ji Zhu, Zi-ming Liao, Jia-mei Song, Xi-ming Zhu, Jia-liang Liang, Moussa Ide Nasser, Nan-bo Liu, De-hua Chang, Ping Zhu, Bin Yao

“…Although human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) and the engineered heart organoid have been used for drug screening and mimicking disease models, they are always limited by the immaturity and lack of functionality of the cardiomyocytes. …”
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SOX2 Is Regulated Differently from NANOG and OCT4 in Human Embryonic Stem Cells during Early Differentiation Initiated with Sodium Butyrate by Ade Kallas, Martin Pook, Annika Trei, Toivo Maimets

“…Transcription factors NANOG, OCT4, and SOX2 regulate self-renewal and pluripotency in human embryonic stem (hES) cells; however, their expression profiles during early differentiation of hES cells are unclear. …”
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Mechanisms Regulating Stemness and Differentiation in Embryonal Carcinoma Cells by Gregory M. Kelly, Mohamed I. Gatie

“…Retinoic acid signaling has been thoroughly interrogated in ECCs, especially in the F9 and P19 murine cell models, and while we have touched on this aspect, this review purposely highlights how some key transcription factors regulate pluripotency and cell stemness prior to this signaling. …”
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A Case of Myoepithelial Hamartoma: Morphological Variation Supported by OCT4 Expression by Takehiro Tanaka, Kenji Nishida, Masaya Iwamuro, Satoru Kikuchi, Tadashi Yoshino

“…The distribution of OCT4, which is a pluripotency marker, varied in each part.…”
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How does light regulate plant regeneration? by Juan Han, Juan Han, Yapeng Li, Ye Zhao, Yuhan Sun, Yun Li, Zuodeng Peng

“…Based on the totipotency and pluripotency of cells, plants are endowed with strong regenerative abilities. …”
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The Therapeutic Targets of miRNA in Hepatic Cancer Stem Cells by Sabrina Bimonte, Maddalena Leongito, Antonio Barbieri, Vitale del Vecchio, Michela Falco, Aldo Giudice, Raffaele Palaia, Vittorio Albino, Raimondo Di Giacomo, Antonella Petrillo, Vincenza Granata, Francesco Izzo

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are able to regulate a lot of biological processes such as self-renewal and pluripotency of HCSCs, representing a new promising strategy for treatment of HCC chemotherapy-resistant tumors. …”
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Alternative Splicing in Self-Renewal of Embryonic Stem Cells by Clara Y. Cheong, Thomas Lufkin

“…Much of embryonic stem cell biology has focused on transcriptional expression and regulation of genes that could mediate its unique potential in self-renewal or pluripotency. In alignment with our present understanding on the genetic, protein, and epigenetic factors that may direct cell fate, we present a short overview of the often overlooked contribution of alternative splice variants to regulatory diversity. …”
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Transient Downregulation of Nanog and Oct4 Induced by DETA/NO Exposure in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Leads to Mesodermal/Endodermal Lineage Differentiation by Sergio Mora-Castilla, Juan R. Tejedo, Rafael Tapia-Limonchi, Irene Díaz, Ana B. Hitos, Gladys M. Cahuana, Abdelkrim Hmadcha, Franz Martín, Bernat Soria, Francisco J. Bedoya

“…The function of pluripotency genes in differentiation is a matter of investigation. …”
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Amniotic-Fluid Stem Cells: Growth Dynamics and Differentiation Potential after a CD-117-Based Selection Procedure by S. Arnhold, S. Glüer, K. Hartmann, O. Raabe, K. Addicks, S. Wenisch, M. Hoopmann

“…In order to show stem cell characteristics such as pluripotency and to evaluate a possible therapeutic application of these cells, AF fluid-derived stem cells were differentiated along the adipogenic, osteogenic, and chondrogenic as well as the neuronal lineage under hypoxic conditions. …”
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Stemness-Attenuating miR-503-3p as a Paracrine Factor to Regulate Growth of Cancer Stem Cells by Minkoo Seo, Seung Min Kim, Eun Young Woo, Ki-Cheol Han, Eun Joo Park, Seongyeol Ko, Eun wook Choi, Mihue Jang

“…The expression of pluripotency genes was significantly decreased in miR-503-3p-treated CSCs. …”
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Laser-Based Propagation of Human iPS and ES Cells Generates Reproducible Cultures with Enhanced Differentiation Potential by Kristi A. Hohenstein Elliott, Cory Peterson, Anuradha Soundararajan, Natalia Kan, Brandon Nelson, Sean Spiering, Mark Mercola, Gary R. Bright

“…Laser-mediated propagation maintained the pluripotency, quality, and genetic stability of ESCs/iPSCs and led to enhanced differentiation potential. …”
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