Generation of a homozygous DNAJC19 knockout human embryonic stem cell line by CRISPR/Cas9 system.

The DNAJC19 gene, a member of DNAJ heat shock protein (Hsp40) family, is localized within the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) and plays a crucial role in regulating the function and localization of mitochondrial Hsp70 (MtHsp70). Mutations in the DNAJC19 gene cause Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Ataxia Syndrome (DCMA). The precise mechanisms underlying the DCMA phenotype caused by DNAJC19 mutations remain poorly understood, and effective treatment modalities were lacking unitl recently.

Regeneration of T cells from human-induced pluripotent stem cells for CAR-T cell medicated immunotherapy.

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell treatment involves production of T cells from patient blood with synthetic receptors specific to a cancer antigen. They circumvent the major histocompatibility complex to recognize the tumor antigen, reducing hematologic malignancy remission rates by 80%. Considering the efficacy of CAR-T treatment, the present work aimed at generating functional clusters of differentiation (CD)8 + T cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) and to generate hiPS-CAR-T cells with high antigen-specific cytotoxicity.

Effects of "Taking the Waist as the Axis" Therapy on trunk postural control disorder after stroke: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Sufficient attention to trunk rehabilitation after stroke is still lacking. Loss of trunk selective activity is considered to be the leading cause of trunk postural control disorder after stroke. "Taking the Waist as the Axis" Therapy (WAT) was developed as a combination of the concept of "Taking the Waist as the Axis" from Tai Chi and the rehabilitation of trunk dysfunction after stroke.

Generation of a doxycycline-inducible ETV2 expression cell line using PiggyBac transposase system.

E26 transformation-specific variant 2 (ETV2), as a member of Ets family of transcription factors, plays an important role in embryonic vasculogenesis, angiogenesis and hematopoiesis. Here, based on H9 cell line and PiggyBac technology, we generated a doxycycline-inducible ETV2 (Dox-ETV2-H9) embryonic stem cell (ESC) line. The Dox-ETV2-H9 cells maintain normal morphology, karyotype as well as high expression of pluripotent markers.

Generation of a NIS-EGFP-Fluc triple-reporter human embryonic stem cell line by PiggyBac transposon system.

One major challenge in stem cell therapy is to longitudinally track cell fate after cells transplantation. Molecular Imaging approaches enabling noninvasive long-term monitoring the transplanted cells are imperative for assessment of the safety and efficiency. Here, we used PiggyBac technology to insert triple reporter genes: NIS, EGFP and Firefly luciferase into a human embryonic stem cell line (hESCs, H9) and obtained a reporter hESCs line (NIS-EGFP-Fluc H9).

Generation of a homozygous TAZ knockout hESCs line by CRISPR/Cas9 system.

Tafazzin (TAZ), a mitochondrial transacylase located on chromosome X, is required for the production of the mitochondrial phospholipid cardiolipin. Mutations occurring in the TAZ gene will lead to Barth syndrome, an X-linked recessive disease generally presenting as cardiomyopathy affecting males. Disease modeling strategies based on pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) provide an unprecedented and powerful platform to study Barth Syndrome.

Evaluation of [F]tetrafluoroborate as a Potential PET Imaging Agent in a Sodium Iodide Symporter-Transfected Cell Line A549 and Endogenous NIS-Expressing Cell Lines MKN45 and K1.

[F]tetrafluoroborate (TFB) has been introduced as the F-labeled PET imaging probe for the human sodium iodide symporter (NIS). Noninvasive NIS imaging using [F]TFB has received much interest in recent years for evaluating various NIS-expressing tumors. Cancers are a global concern with enormous implications; therefore, improving diagnostic methods for accurate detection of cancer is extremely important.