Tumorigenic and Differentiation Potentials of Embryonic Stem Cells Depend on TGFβ Family Signaling: Lessons from Teratocarcinoma Cells Stimulated to Differentiate with Retinoic Aci... by Olga Gordeeva, Sergey Khaydukov

“…A significant challenge for the development of safe pluripotent stem cell-based therapies is the incomplete in vitro differentiation of the pluripotent stem cells and the presence of residual undifferentiated cells initiating teratoma development after transplantation in recipients. …”
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Novel, low-cost bioreactor for in vitro electrical stimulation of cardiac cells by Joseph P. Licata, Jonathan A. Gerstenhaber, Peter I. Lelkes

“…However, there are discrepancies in the literature as to best practices for promoting cardiac differentiation using ES.MethodsThis study presents a novel, 3D printed bioreactor that delivers in vitro ES to human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs), promoting cell maturity and functional readiness for implantation. …”
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Generation of donor organs in chimeric animals via blastocyst complementation by T. I. Babochkina, L. A. Gerlinskaya, M. P. Moshkin

“…The technologies of producing induced pluripotent stem cells give us the opportunity to obtain human donor cells capable of populating a “free niche”. …”
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Constructing an Isogenic 3D Human Nephrogenic Progenitor Cell Model Composed of Endothelial, Mesenchymal, and SIX2-Positive Renal Progenitor Cells by Lisa Nguyen, Lucas-Sebastian Spitzhorn, James Adjaye

“…Urine has become the source of choice for noninvasive renal epithelial cells and renal stem cells which can be used for generating induced pluripotent stem cells. The aim of this study was to generate a 3D nephrogenic progenitor cell model composed of three distinct cell types—urine-derived SIX2-positive renal progenitor cells, iPSC-derived mesenchymal stem cells, and iPSC-derived endothelial cells originating from the same individual. …”
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Modeling the Effect of Cannabinoid Exposure During Human Neurodevelopment Using Bidimensional and Tridimensional Cultures by Enrique Estudillo, Jorge Iván Castillo-Arellano, Emilio Martínez, Edgar Rangel-López, Adolfo López-Ornelas, Roxana Magaña-Maldonado, Laura Adalid-Peralta, Iván Velasco, Itzel Escobedo-Ávila

“…Recent studies shed light on this issue by using pluripotent stem cells of human origin, which can recapitulate human neurodevelopment. …”
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Nuclear Factor I-C Regulates Stemness Genes and Proliferation of Stem Cells in Various Mineralized Tissue through Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions in Dental Epithelial Stem Cell... by Dong-Seol Lee, Yeo Joon Song, Hye Ri Gug, Ji-Hyun Lee, Hyun Sook Bae, Joo-Cheol Park

“…After an indefinite number of divisions, pluripotent cells differentiate into various types of cells. …”
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Characterization of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Isolated from the Testis by Letizia De Chiara, Elvira Smeralda Famulari, Sharmila Fagoonee, Saskia K. M. van Daalen, Stefano Buttiglieri, Alberto Revelli, Emanuela Tolosano, Lorenzo Silengo, Ans M. M. van Pelt, Fiorella Altruda

“…Spontaneously arising pluripotent stem cells can be obtained in culture from murine spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs), while the pluripotency of the human counterpart remains a matter of debate. …”
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zIncubascope: Long-term quantitative imaging of multi-cellular assemblies inside an incubator. by Anirban Jana, Naveen Mekhileri, Adeline Boyreau, Aymerick Bazin, Nadège Pujol, Kevin Alessandri, Gaëlle Recher, Pierre Nassoy, Amaury Badon

“…We exemplify the capabilities of our system by investigating human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) enclosed in spherical capsules, hiPSCs in tubular capsules and yeast cells in spherical capsules. …”
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Changes in the Expression of Mitochondrial Morphology-Related Genes during the Differentiation of Murine Embryonic Stem Cells by Jeong Eon Lee, Bong Jong Seo, Min Ji Han, Yean Ju Hong, Kwonho Hong, Hyuk Song, Jeong Woong Lee, Jeong Tae Do

“…Here, we investigated the expression patterns of mitochondria-related genes during the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Pluripotent ESCs maintain stemness in the presence of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) via the JAK-STAT3 pathway but lose pluripotency and differentiate in response to the withdrawal of LIF. …”
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Rescue of in vitro models of CSF1R-related adult-onset leukodystrophy by iluzanebart: mechanisms and therapeutic implications of TREM2 agonism by Kelley C. Larson, Frederick W. Gergits, Abigail J. Renoux, Elizabeth J. Weisman, Borislav Dejanovic, Liyue Huang, Bhaumik Pandya, Donald G. McLaren, Berkley A. Lynch, Richard Fisher, Evan Thackaberry, David Gray, Francois Gaudreault, Christian Mirescu

“…Iluzanebart treatment rescued viability of human monocyte-derived macrophages (hMDM) and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived human microglia (iMGL) in multiple in vitro models of CSF1R-ALSP, including in induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) differentiated microglia carrying the heterozygous I794T mutation found in CSF1R-ALSP patients. …”
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Current Bioengineering Methods for Whole Kidney Regeneration by Shuichiro Yamanaka, Takashi Yokoo

“…Here, we review recent advances in the field of kidney regeneration, including (i) the directed differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells/embryonic stem cells into kidney cells; (ii) blastocyst decomplementation; (iii) use of a decellularized cadaveric scaffold; (iv) embryonic organ transplantation; and (v) use of a nephrogenic niche for growing xenoembryos for de novo kidney regeneration from stem cells. …”
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Nuclear Reprogramming in Mouse Primordial Germ Cells: Epigenetic Contribution by Massimo De Felici

“…The status of genome acquired during reprogramming and the associated expression of key pluripotency genes render PGCs susceptible to transform into pluripotent stem cells. …”
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Nanocellulose Targets Regenerative Medicine by Takuya Kitaoka

“…Of particular interest is the in vitro culture of pluripotent stem cells, which has led to a growing demand for animal-free media and scaffolds in stem cell culture. …”
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Renal immature teratoma in infant: A rare case report by Yacobda Hamonangan Sigumonrong, Aze Andrea Putra

“…Renal teratoma is a rare malignant tumour originating from pluripotent cells. A five-month-old female presented with a painless abdominal mass initially suspected to be a Wilms tumor. …”
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Atlas of multilineage stem cell differentiation reveals TMEM88 as a developmental regulator of blood pressure by Sophie Shen, Tessa Werner, Samuel W. Lukowski, Stacey Andersen, Yuliangzi Sun, Woo Jun Shim, Dalia Mizikovsky, Sakurako Kobayashi, Jennifer Outhwaite, Han Sheng Chiu, Xiaoli Chen, Gavin Chapman, Ella M. M. A. Martin, Di Xia, Duy Pham, Zezhuo Su, Daniel Kim, Pengyi Yang, Men Chee Tan, Enakshi Sinniah, Qiongyi Zhao, Sumedha Negi, Meredith A. Redd, Joseph E. Powell, Sally L. Dunwoodie, Patrick P. L. Tam, Mikael Bodén, Joshua W. K. Ho, Quan Nguyen, Nathan J. Palpant

“…Abstract Pluripotent stem cells provide a scalable approach to analyse molecular regulation of cell differentiation across developmental lineages. …”
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Oncogenic PIK3CA corrupts growth factor signaling specificity by Ralitsa R Madsen, Alix Le Marois, Oliwia N Mruk, Margaritis Voliotis, Shaozhen Yin, Jahangir Sufi, Xiao Qin, Salome J Zhao, Julia Gorczynska, Daniele Morelli, Lindsay Davidson, Erik Sahai, Viktor I Korolchuk, Christopher J Tape, Bart Vanhaesebroeck

“…Dose-dependent expression of PIK3CA H1047R in human cervical cancer and induced pluripotent stem cells corrupted the fidelity of growth factor-induced information transfer, with preferential amplification of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling responses compared to insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) and insulin receptor signaling. …”
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The Urodele Limb Regeneration Blastema: The Cell Potential by Kenyon S. Tweedell

“…The developmental potential of the limb regeneration blastema, a mass of mesenchymal cells of mixed origins, was once considered as being pluripotent, capable of forming all cell types. Now evidence asserts that the blastema is a heterogeneous mixture of progenitor cells derived from tissues of the amputation site, with limited developmental potential, plus various stem cells with multipotent abilities. …”
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Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Using iPS Cells and Spice Polyphenols by Qi Ge, Liang Chen, Keping Chen

“…Here, we reviewed the current reprogramming of somatic cells using specific factors to induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells capable of repairing islet β cell damage in diabetes patients to treat patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. …”
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Florid Proliferation of Hyalinized Vessels in a Spermatic Cord STAT6 Positive Solitary Fibrous Tumor and Its Potential Clinical Implications by Christopher P. Marquez, Haiyan Zhang, Jason Goodrum, J. Nicholas Sreshta, Marjan Afrouzian

“…We also summarize our current understanding of the structural and molecular features that make up SFTs and discuss how these features may help us better understand the pathophysiology of pluripotent mesenchymal stem cell differentiation.…”
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Emerging Stem Cell Therapies: Treatment, Safety, and Biology by Joel Sng, Thomas Lufkin

“…The discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells has led to an improved understanding of the underlying epigenetic keys of pluripotency and carcinogenesis. …”
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