BACKGROUND Mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs)are promising candidates for regenerative therapy due to their self-renewal capability,multilineage differentiation potential,and immunomodulatory effects.The molecular character...
Background:A stable and standardized source of mesenchymal stem cells is a prerequisite for bone repair tissue engineering research and application.We aimed to establish a stable cell line of bone marrow mesenchymal s...
supported by fellowship to a grant from CRT Foundation,No.1393-2017(to LT);grants from the Fondazione Cariplo,Nos.2013-0795(to AAG),2014-1094(to DL);grants from The Universitàdel Piemonte Orientale,Nos.FAR-2016(to DL),FAR-2019(to DL)。
Alzheimer's disease(AD)is characterized by complex etiology,long-lasting pathogenesis,and celltype-specific alterations.Currently,there is no cure for AD,emphasizing the urgent need for a comprehensive understanding o...
supported in part by research grants from the National Institutes of Health(No.CA226303 to T.C.H.,No.DE030480 to R.R.R.).;supported in part by research grants from the 2019 Science and Technology Research Plan Project of the Chongqing Education Commission(China)(No.KJQN201900410);the 2019 Funding for Postdoctoral Research(Chongqing Human Resources and Social Security Bureau No.298);the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82102696);supported by the Medical Scientist Training Program of the National Institutes of Health(No.T32 GM007281).
While progenitor cell-based cardiomyocyte regeneration holds great promise of repairing an injured heart,primary cardiomyogenic progenitors(CPs)have a limited life span in culture,hampering the use of CPs for in vitro...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81971366);Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.Z190021);CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(No.CIFMS 2020-I2M-C&T-B-043)
Background: Extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling is the most important pathomechanism of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Fibroblasts are the key to ECM regulation. The passaging capacity of human vaginal wall fibroblast...
The reported study was supported in part by research grants from the 2019 Chongqing Support Program for Entrepreneurship and Innovation(No.cx2019113)(JF);the 2019 Science and Technology Research Plan Project of Chongqing Education Commission(KJQN201900410)(JF);the 2019 Youth Innovative Talent Training Program of Chongqing Education Commission(No.CY200409)(JF);the 2019 Funding for Postdoctoral Research(Chongqing Human Resources and Social Security Bureau No.298)(JF)and the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFC1000803);RRR,TCH and GAA were partially funded by the National Institutes of Health(DE030480);WW was supported by the Medical Scientist Training Program of the National Institutes of Health(T32 GM007281);This project was also supported in part by The University of Chicago Cancer Center Support Grant(P30CA014599);the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health through Grant Number UL1 TR000430;TCH was also supported by the Mabel Green Myers Research Endowment Fund,The University of Chicago Orthopaedics Alumni Fund,and The University of Chicago SHOCK Fund.Funding sources were not involved in the study design;in the collection,analysis and/or interpretation of data;in the writing of the report;or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Skin injury is repaired through a multi-phase wound healing process of tissue granulation and re-epithelialization.Any failure in the healing process may lead to chronic non-healing wounds or abnormal scar formation.A...
Intestinal cancers are developed from intestinal epithelial stem cells(ISCs)in intestinal crypts through a multi-step process involved in genetic mutations of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes.ISCs play a key role ...
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31572401,31772605)to W.Z.;the Open Fund of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province(Grant No.SNDK-KF-201804);Young Talent fund of University Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi,China(Grant No.20180204)and a startup fund from Northwest A&F University(Grant No.2452018037)to Y.Z.
Background:Spermatogonial stem cells(SSCs)are capable of both self-renewal and differentiation to mature functional spermatozoa,being the only adult stem cells in the males that can transmit genetic information to the...
supported by Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Clinical Medicine Development of Special Funding Support (ZYLX201608);the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation (7161004)
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma(DIPG) is the main cause of brain tumor-related death among children.Until now, there is still a lack of effective therapy with prolonged overall survival for this disease. A typical st...
The reported work was supported in part by research grants from the National Institutes of Health(CA226303 to TCH);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFC1000803 and 2011CB707906 to TCH);This project was also supported in part by The University of Chicago Cancer Center Support Grant(P30CA014599);the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health through Grant Number UL1 TR000430.
Glomerular podocytes are highly specialized epithelial cells and play an essential role in establishing the selective permeability of the glomerular filtration barrier of kidney.Maintaining the viability and structura...