Publications by authors named "A Borelli"

Introduction: Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a public health issue, with only some having FDA-approved indicated treatments and these having high attrition. Consequently, there has been interest in novel interventions (e.g.

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Quiescent skeletal muscle satellite cells (SCs) located on myofibers activate in response to muscle injury to regenerate muscle; however, identifying the role of specific matrix signals on SC behavior in vivo is difficult. Therefore, we developed a viscoelastic hydrogel with tunable properties to encapsulate myofibers while maintaining stem cell niche polarity and SC-myofiber interactions to investigate how matrix signals, including viscoelasticity and the integrin-binding ligand arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid (RGD), influence SC behavior during muscle regeneration. Viscoelastic hydrogels support myofiber culture while preserving SC stemness for up to 72 hours post-encapsulation, minimizing myofiber hypercontraction and SC hyperproliferation compared to Matrigel.

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Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as the development of large language models like ChatGPT, have blurred the boundaries between human and AI-generated text. This has led to a pressing need for tools that can determine whether text has been created or revised using AI. A general and universally effective detection model would be extremely useful, but appears to be beyond the reach of current technology and detection methods.

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Article Synopsis
  • Cell interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM) influence various cellular functions, and this study examines the effects of encapsulating mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in a specialized hydrogel made from hyaluronic acid.
  • The hydrogel's composition includes RGD peptides which encourage MSCs to form elongated multicellular structures, whereas structures collapse when HAVDI peptides are used, indicating how cell-material interactions can be manipulated.
  • Additionally, the research shows that the shape of these cellular structures affects cytokine secretion, with elongated structures secreting fewer cytokines compared to the collapsed ones, highlighting the importance of cellular morphology on cellular functions.
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Regulatory T cells (T) are critical players of immune tolerance that develop in the thymus via two distinct developmental pathways involving CD25Foxp3 and CD25Foxp3 precursors. However, the mechanisms regulating the recently identified Foxp3 precursor pathway remain unclear. Here, we find that the membrane-bound lymphotoxin αβ (LTαβ) heterocomplex is upregulated during T development upon TCR/CD28 and IL-2 stimulation.

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