Nestin Forms a Flexible Cytoskeleton by Means of a Huge Tail Domain That Is Reversibly Stretched and Contracted by Weak Forces by Ayana Yamagishi, Rina Tokuoka, Kazuki Imai, Mei Mizusawa, Moe Susaki, Koki Uchida, Saku T. Kijima, Akira Nagasaki, Daijiro Takeshita, Chiaki Yoshikawa, Taro Q. P. Uyeda, Chikashi Nakamura

“…Nestin is a type VI intermediate filament protein and a well-known neural stem cell marker. It is also expressed in high-grade cancer cells, forming copolymerized filaments with vimentin. …”
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Traumatic Brain Injury Promotes Neurogenesis and Oligodendrogenesis in Subcortical Brain Regions of Mice by Olga Astakhova, Anna Ivanova, Ilia Komoltsev, Natalia Gulyaeva, Grigori Enikolopov, Alexander Lazutkin

“…Besides inducing neurodegeneration, TBI alters stem cell activity and neurogenesis within primary neurogenic niches. …”
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Subtype-specific role for Jagged1 in promoting or inhibiting breast tumor formation by Wen-Cheng Chung, Wei Wang, Lavanya Challagundla, Charles D. Moore, Sean E. Egan, Keli Xu

“…Here we report that deletion of Jagged1 in the mammary epithelium of virgin mice led to expansion of the mammary stem cell (MaSC) compartment and defective luminal differentiation associated with decreased expression of the progesterone receptor (PR). …”
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Preparation and Evaluation of Gelatin-Chitosan-Nanobioglass 3D Porous Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering by Kanchan Maji, Sudip Dasgupta, Krishna Pramanik, Akalabya Bissoyi

“…GCB 30 scaffold was shown to be noncytotoxic and supported mesenchymal stem cell attachment, proliferation, and differentiation as indicated by MTT assay and RUNX-2 expression. …”
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Macular Changes in a Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I Patient with Earlier Systemic Therapies by Augusto Magalhães, Ana Maria Cunha, Rodrigo Vilares-Morgado, Elisa Leão-Teles, Esmeralda Rodrigues, Manuel Falcão, Ângela Carneiro, Jorge Breda, Fernando Falcão-Reis

“…To describe retinal findings in a patient with mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) that underwent an early treatment with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). …”
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Aggressive Disease Course of Multiple Myeloma with Concomitant ALK-Negative Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report with an Unusual Presentation by Michela Staderini, Lara Mannelli, Elisabetta Antonioli, Benedetta Puccini, Valentina Berti, Francesco Mungai, Federica Vergoni, Valentina Carrai, Luigi Rigacci, Alberto Bosi

“…The therapeutic program initially included chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, etoposide, and prednisone; CHOEP), radiotherapy on the leg, bortezomib, and then consolidation with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Despite being on bortezomib treatment and waiting for transplantation, the patient experienced an early myeloma progression that turned out to be refractory to second-line lenalidomide-based treatment. …”
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Deep Learning for Predicting Spheroid Viability: Novel Convolutional Neural Network Model for Automating Quality Control for Three-Dimensional Bioprinting by Zyva A. Sheikh, Oliver Clarke, Amatullah Mir, Narutoshi Hibino

“…A comprehensive dataset of mouse mesenchymal stem cell (mMSC) spheroids of varying sizes with corresponding viability percentages, which was obtained through CCK-8 assays, was established and used to train and validate the model. …”
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Assessing Donor Site Morbidity and Impact on Quality of Life in Free Flap Microsurgery: An Overview by Florin-Vlad Hodea, Cristian-Sorin Hariga, Eliza-Maria Bordeanu-Diaconescu, Andrei Cretu, Catalina-Stefania Dumitru, Vladut-Alin Ratoiu, Ioan Lascar, Andreea Grosu-Bularda

“…Furthermore, the integration of regenerative medicine strategies, such as stem cell therapy and fat grafting, and technological innovations, including virtual reality rehabilitation and biofeedback devices, has shown promise in enhancing recovery and minimizing long-term complications. …”
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Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography for Contact Lens-Related Corneal Vascularization by Marcus Ang, Yijun Cai, Anna C. S. Tan

“…This early clinical study suggests that the swept-source OCTA used may be useful for examining corneal vascularization, which may have potential for clinical applications such as detecting early limbal stem cell damage.…”
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Association of co-existing vitamin B6 and B12 deficiency with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome: a case report by Stephan Hu, Sharon Brown-Kunin, Paul Martin, Yujie Wang

“…He underwent an autologous stem cell transplant and has had improvement in his symptoms. …”
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Protective Effects of Polydatin on Septic Lung Injury in Mice via Upregulation of HO-1 by Xiao-hui Li, Xia Gong, Li Zhang, Rong Jiang, Hong-zhong Li, Meng-jiao Wu, Jing-yuan Wan

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Carbon nanodots from used green tea biochar: antibacterial applications and antibiofilm carbon coatings by E. Elsa Sharon, Jae-Wook Oh, Judy Gopal

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Follistatin Alleviates Synovitis and Articular Cartilage Degeneration Induced by Carrageenan by Jun Yamada, Kunikazu Tsuji, Kazumasa Miyatake, Yu Matsukura, Kahaer Abula, Makiko Inoue, Ichiro Sekiya, Takeshi Muneta

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TEX10 Promotes the Tumorigenesis and Radiotherapy Resistance of Urinary Bladder Carcinoma by Stabilizing XRCC6 by Sheng Luo, Wenjin Wang, Jingfang Feng, Rui Li

“…As a novel core part of pluripotency circuitry, testicular expression 10 (TEX10) plays an actively noticeable effect on reprogramming, early embryo development, and embryonic stem cell self-renewal. Nevertheless, TEX10 expressions and functions within bladder carcinoma are still not known. …”
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Proteomics and Its Current Application in Biomedical Area: Concise Review by Semira Gobena, Bemrew Admassu, Mebrie Zemene Kinde, Abebe Tesfaye Gessese

“…In the biomedical field, proteomics finds widespread application in cancer research and diagnosis, stem cell studies, and the diagnosis and research of both infectious and noninfectious diseases. …”
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Between Charybdis and Scylla—an Odyssey in AL amyloidosis: insights and learnings from a narrative review and case report series by Hani Sabbour, Ahmad Alhuraiji, Amr Hanbali, Faraz Khan, Jawahir Alameri, Sultan Alzaher, Dania Mohty, Giovanni Palladini

“…In addition, patients without significant cardiac involvement may benefit from rapid initial treatment with daratumumab along with cyclophosphamide-bortezomib-dexamethasone, which can render patients eligible for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) or in some instances means they can forgo ASCT completely. …”
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Generation, interrogation, and future applications of microglia-containing brain organoids by Julia Di Stefano, Federica Di Marco, Ilaria Cicalini, Una FitzGerald, Damiana Pieragostino, Marleen Verhoye, Peter Ponsaerts, Elise Van Breedam

“…Brain organoids encompass a large collection of in vitro stem cell–derived 3D culture systems that aim to recapitulate multiple aspects of in vivo brain development and function. …”
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Immune Gene Expression Profiling in Individuals with Turner Syndrome, Graves’ Disease, and a Healthy Female by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing: A Comparative Study by Soo Yeun Sim, In-Cheol Baek, Won Kyoung Cho, Min Ho Jung, Tai-Gyu Kim, Byung-Kyu Suh

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Unusual Presentation with Orbital Mass in a Child with Precursor B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Lalita Sathitsamitphong, Rungrote Natesirinilkul, Worawut Choeyprasert, Pimlak Charoenkwan

“…The role of upfront hematopoietic stem cell transplantation remains inconclusive. The previously reported prognosis of ALL with orbital involvement is poor.…”
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Assessment of the Effects of Albendazole-Loaded Sulfonated Graphene Oxide on Echinococcus granulosus Protoscoleces: An In Vitro Investigation by Mohammad Reza Lashkarizadeh, Mohammad Shafie’ei, Mahdiyeh Lashkarizadeh, Seyed Mohammad Mousavi, Ghazaleh Sheibani, Zahra Akbari, Haniyeh Daneshafruz, Ali Derakhshani, Faham Khamesipour

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