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Dokl Biochem Biophys
January 2025
Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, 123007, Moscow, Russia.
One of the most obvious manifestations of the negative impact of space flight factors on the human physiology is osteopenia. With the active development of manned space flights and the increase in the duration of humans' persistence in weightlessness, there is a growing need to understand the mechanisms of changes occurring at the cellular level involved in the replenishment of bone tissue. Using the RNA sequencing method, changes in the transcriptome profile of MMSCs were studied after a 5-day simulation of the microgravity effects.
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December 2024
Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement-Sec. Anatomy and Histology, University of Verona, Via Le Grazie 8, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Since its first conceptualization over a century ago, the mesenchymal phenotype has traditionally been viewed as either a transient phase between successive epithelial stages or as a feature of cell types primarily devoted to structural support. However, recent findings in cancer research challenge this limited view, demonstrating that mesenchymal traits and hybrid mesenchymal/epithelial states can mark cancer cells with stem cell properties. By analyzing publicly available single-cell transcriptome datasets from early embryonic stages and adult tissues, this study aims to extend this concept beyond pathological contexts, suggesting that a partial or fully mesenchymal phenotype may represent the morphological expression of undifferentiated and multipotent states in both the developing embryo and adult organs.
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January 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
The heterogeneity and evolution of tumors remain significant obstacles in cancer treatment, contributing to both therapy resistance and relapse. Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are multipotent stromal cells within the tumor microenvironment that interact with tumor cells through various mechanisms, including cell fusion. While previous research has largely focused on the effects of MSC-tumor cell fusion on tumor proliferation, migration, and tumorigenicity, emerging evidence indicates that its role in tumor maintenance, evolution, and recurrence, particularly under stress conditions, may be even more pivotal.
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January 2025
Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile.
The Neural Crest cells are multipotent progenitor cells formed at the neural plate border that differentiate and give rise to a wide range of cell types and organs. Directional migration of NC cells and their correct positioning at target sites are essential during embryonic development, and defects in these processes results in congenital diseases. The NC migration begins with the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and extracellular matrix remodeling.
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January 2025
Laboratory of Cell Fate Control, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Epicardium, the most outer mesothelium, exerts crucial functions in fetal heart development and adult heart regeneration. Here we use a three-step manipulation of WNT signalling entwined with BMP and RA signalling for generating a self-organized epicardial organoid that highly express with epicardium makers WT1 and TCF21 from human embryonic stem cells. After 8-days treatment of TGF-beta following by bFGF, cells enter into epithelium-mesenchymal transition and give rise to smooth muscle cells.
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