Reassessing endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in mouse bone marrow: insights from lineage tracing models.

Endothelial cells (ECs) and bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) play crucial roles in supporting hematopoiesis and hematopoietic regeneration. However, whether ECs are a source of BMSCs remains unclear. Here, we evaluate the contribution of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition to BMSC generation in postnatal mice.

Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Containing a High Density of Pendant Phenylboronic Acid Groups for Dopamine Detection.

A fluorescent sensing system based on a conjugated polyelectrolyte was constructed to detect dopamine (DA) in complex samples. The conjugated polymer PFPE-PBA with poly[fluorenyl---phenyleneethynylene] (PFPE) as the backbone and carrying four pendant phenylboronic acid (PBA) groups in each repeat unit was synthesized. PFPE-PBA was found to have good solubility in polar solvents.

Defining reference values for body composition indices by magnetic resonance imaging in UK Biobank.

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard for evaluating body composition. However, the reference ranges have not been established.

Methods: Three lean tissue and seven adipose tissue parameters based on MRI data from the UK Biobank were used in this study.

Extracellular Vesicles from Child Gut Microbiota Enter into Bone to Preserve Bone Mass and Strength.

Recently, the gut microbiota (GM) has been shown to be a regulator of bone homeostasis and the mechanisms by which GM modulates bone mass are still being investigated. Here, it is found that colonization with GM from children (CGM) but not from the elderly (EGM) prevents decreases in bone mass and bone strength in conventionally raised, ovariectomy (OVX)-induced osteoporotic mice. 16S rRNA gene sequencing reveals that CGM reverses the OVX-induced reduction of ().