The Lipid Metabolism as Target and Modulator of BOLD-100 Anticancer Activity: Crosstalk with Histone Acetylation.

The leading first-in-class ruthenium-complex BOLD-100 currently undergoes clinical phase-II anticancer evaluation. Recently, BOLD-100 is identified as anti-Warburg compound. The present study shows that also deregulated lipid metabolism parameters characterize acquired BOLD-100-resistant colon and pancreatic carcinoma cells.

Application of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells in an model of peripheral nerve damage.

Background: Neuropathic pain is one of the most difficult to treat chronic pain syndromes. It has significant effects on patients' quality of life and substantially adds to the burden of direct and indirect medical costs. There is a critical need to improve therapies for peripheral nerve regeneration.

Hedgehog Signaling in Papillary Fibroblasts Is Essential for Hair Follicle Regeneration during Wound Healing.

Patients suffering from large scars such as burn victims not only encounter aesthetic challenges but also ongoing itching or pain that substantially deteriorates their quality of life. Skin appendages such as hair follicles rarely regenerate within the healing wound. Because they are crucial for skin homeostasis and the lack thereof constitutes one of the main limitations to scarless wound healing, their regeneration represents a major objective for regenerative medicine.

3D histopathology of human tumours by fast clearing and ultramicroscopy.

Here, we describe a novel approach that allows pathologists to three-dimensionally analyse malignant tissues, including the tumour-host tissue interface. Our visualization technique utilizes a combination of ultrafast chemical tissue clearing and light-sheet microscopy to obtain virtual slices and 3D reconstructions of up to multiple centimetre sized tumour resectates. For the clearing of tumours we propose a preparation technique comprising three steps: (a) Fixation and enhancement of tissue autofluorescence with formalin/5-sulfosalicylic acid.