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Suncica Kapor, Milica Vukotic, Tijana Suboticki, Dragoslava Dikic, Olivera Mitrovic Ajtic, Milica Radojkovic, Vladan P. Cokic, Juan F. Santibanez
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Chiara Valsecchi, Stefania Croce, Alice Maltese, Lorenza Montagna, Elisa Lenta, Alice Nevone, Maria Girelli, Paolo Milani, Tiziana Bosoni, Margherita Massa, Carlotta Abba, Rita Campanelli, Jessica Ripepi, Annalisa De Silvestri, Adriana Carolei, Giovanni Palladini, Marco Zecca, Mario Nuvolone, Maria Antonietta Avanzini
Summary: Immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis (AL) is characterized by misfolded light chains, and this study aimed to characterize bone marrow (BM)-MSCs from AL patients. The results showed that AL-MSCs were comparable to those from healthy donors in morphology and differentiation capacities, but had a reduced proliferation rate compared to healthy donor MSCs. Additionally, the modulatory effect of AL-MSCs on plasma cells was similar to that of healthy donor MSCs.
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Erwin Pavel Lamparelli, Maria Camilla Ciardulli, Valentina Giudice, Pasqualina Scala, Rosa Vitolo, Tina Patricia Dale, Carmine Selleri, Nicholas Robert Forsyth, Nicola Maffulli, Giovanna Della Porta
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FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Alice Pievani, Roberto Savoldelli, Juliane Poelchen, Elisa Mattioli, Giorgio Anselmi, Alice Girardot, Jochen Utikal, Pierre Bourdely, Marta Serafini, Pierre Guermonprez
Summary: Tissue engineering provides numerous opportunities in regenerative medicine, drug testing, and modeling hematopoiesis. Replicating the physiological microenvironments supporting leukocyte development is crucial for accurately modeling immune cell development. Immune niches are characterized by mesenchymal stromal cells that play unique roles in organizing niche development, maintenance, and function.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
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Amanda L. Scheiber, Cierra A. Clark, Takashi Kaito, Masahiro Iwamoto, Edwin M. Horwitz, Yuka Imamura Kawasawa, Satoru Otsuru
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
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Sai Koung Ngeun, Miki Shimizu, Masahiro Kaneda
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Zheting Liao, Yu Jin, Yuhao Chu, Hansen Wu, Xiaoyu Li, Zhonghao Deng, Shuhao Feng, Nachun Chen, Ziheng Luo, Xiaoyong Zheng, Liangxiao Bao, Yongqing Xu, Hongbo Tan, Liang Zhao
Summary: A study using single-cell RNA sequencing explored the transcriptomic landscape of alcohol-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH). The study revealed the relevance of stromal and endothelial cells to the pathogenesis of the disease and provided resources for developing cell type-specific therapeutic strategies.
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Victor Gustavo Balera Brito, Mariana Sousa Patrocinio, Ayna Emanuelli Alves Barreto, Sabrina Cruz Tfaile Frasnelli, Vanessa Soares Lara, Carlos Ferreira Santos, Sandra Helena Penha Oliveira
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(2021)
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Elmira Jalilian, Hamed Massoumi, Bianca Bigit, Sohil Amin, Eitan A. Katz, Victor H. Guaiquil, Khandaker N. Anwar, Peiman Hematti, Mark Rosenblatt, Ali R. Djalilian
Summary: This study compares the differences in neuro-regenerative properties of MSC-derived EVs generated in 2D and 3D culture systems. The findings show that 3D culture system produces EVs with higher concentration, more heterogeneous phenotype, and enhanced ability to promote neurite growth and elongation. This has important implications for the scalable production of MSC-derived EVs and their therapeutic applications.
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Ana Luisa Correia, Joao C. Guimaraes, Priska Auf Der Maur, Duvini De Silva, Marcel P. Trefny, Ryoko Okamoto, Sandro Bruno, Alexander Schmidt, Kirsten Mertz, Katrin Volkmann, Luigi Terracciano, Alfred Zippelius, Marcus Vetter, Christian Kurzeder, Walter Paul Weber, Mohamed Bentires-Alj
Summary: The study investigates how different tissue-specific microenvironments can either inhibit or support the progression of breast cancer in the liver. It identifies the interplay between natural killer (NK) cells and activated hepatic stellate cells (aHSCs) as a master switch of cancer dormancy, suggesting that therapies aimed at normalizing the NK cell pool may be successful in preventing metastatic outgrowth.
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Ziyan Wang, Feixue Mi, Jinchen Li, Dandan Chen, Minmin Lin, Xinyu Wang, Siying Wu, Changfeng Wu, Chao Liu
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(2023)
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Hannah L. L. Smith, Juliet C. C. Gray, Stephen A. A. Beers, Janos M. M. Kanczler
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
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Jeroen van de Peppel, Gerben J. Schaaf, Adriana Arruda Matos, Yuan Guo, Tanja Strini, Wenda Verschoor, Amel Dudakovic, Andre J. van Wijnen, Johannes P. T. M. van Leeuwen
Summary: This research suggests that the cell surface glycoprotein CD24 could serve as a selective biomarker for identifying subpopulations of BMSCs with varying osteogenic potential. CD24(pos) cells have increased expression of genes related to cell adhesion, motility, and extracellular matrix, while also showing reduced proliferation compared to CD24(neg) cells.
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Jonathan A. R. Gordon, Mark F. F. Evans, Prachi N. N. Ghule, Kyra Lee, Pamela Vacek, Brian L. L. Sprague, Donald L. L. Weaver, Gary S. S. Stein, Janet L. L. Stein
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Ryan Christopher Dregalla, Jessica Ann Herrera, Edward Jeffery Donner
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STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY
(2021)
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Oday Atallah, Amr Badary, Yasser F. Almealawy, Vivek Sanker, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Toufik Abdul-Rahman, Sura N. Alrubaye, Bipin Chaurasia
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(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Alexandra E. Quimby, Mandy K. Salmon, Christopher H. Zhao, John Y. K. Lee, Douglas C. Bigelow, Michael J. Ruckenstein, Jason A. Brant
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Arosha S. Dissanayake, Kwok M. Ho, Timothy J. Phillips, Stephen Honeybul, Graeme J. Hankey
Summary: This study systematically reviews models that aim to provide patient-specific predictions of pre-treatment rebleeding risk in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The reported discriminative performance of the models varied, and no model showed consistently low bias risk and clinical applicability in all domains. Only one model was formulated using a patient cohort that underwent contemporary, evidence-based aneurysm treatment practices, but this model lacked calibration or clinical utility.
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Colin Kok Ann Teo, Yilong Zheng, Jeremy Bingyuan Lin, Hock Luen Teoh, Bernard Poon Lap Chan, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Kejia Teo, Vincent Diong Weng Nga, Tseng Tsai Yeo
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Michael M. Haglund, Bruce M. McCormack, Daniel M. Williams, Alexander C. Lemons, Erik M. Summerside
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Dong-Dong Meng, Zhe Ruan, Yong-Lan Tang, Zhao-Hua Ji, Yue Su, Tuo Xu, Bo-Zhou Cui, Da-Lin Ren, Ting Chang, Qian Yang
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Tugba Ozudogru Celik, Umit Gorgulu, Safiye Gul Kenar, Nadide Koca, Elif Yalcin, Ipek Koymen, Evren Yasar
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Jason A. Chen, Ari D. Kappel, Erickson F. Torio, David I. Bass, Abdullah Feroze, Nirav J. Patel
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Sandeep Kandregula, Sneha Sai Mannam, Shahbaz Saad, Saarang Patel, Visish M. Srinivasan
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Ari D. Kappel, Jason A. Chen, Joshua I. Chalif, David I. Bass, Erickson F. Torio, Abdullah H. Feroze, Nirav J. Patel
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Clinical Neurology
Aryeh Zolin, Cenai Zhang, Hwai Ooi, Harini Sarva, Hooman Kamel, Neal S. Parikh
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