Varieties of interactions of anti-CD133 aptamers with cell cultures from patient glioblastoma.

Development of aptatheranostics for glioblastoma (GB) requires investigating aptamer interactions with cells. The paper has described flow cytometry (FC) assessment of direct interactions of fluorescent anti-CD133 aptamers with cells, focusing on cell cultures derived from patient GB (CCPGB). Conventional cell lines with different levels of CD133 mRNA, Caco-2 and HCT116, were used to compare interactions with known 2'FY-RNA aptamer A15 and DNA aptamers of Ap and Cs series, labeled with FAM and Cy5.

TNFα prevents FGF4-mediated rescue of astrocyte dysfunction and reactivity in human ALS models.

Astrocytes play a crucial role in the onset and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal disorder marked by the degeneration of motor neurons (MNs) in the central nervous system. Although astrocytes in ALS are known to be toxic to MNs, the pathological changes leading to their neurotoxic phenotype remain poorly understood. In this study, we generated human astrocytes from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) carrying the ALS-associated A4V mutation in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) to examine early cellular pathways and network changes.

Socio-demographic predictors of the time interval between successive hospitalizations among patients with borderline personality disorder.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) affects 0.7 to 2.7% of the adult population and higher rates are reported in inpatient care.