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In Vitro Modeling of Blood-Brain Barrier with Human iPSC-Derived Endothelial Cells, Pericytes, Neurons, and Astrocytes via Notch Signaling

Stem Cell Reports, 2017
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is composed of four cell populations, brain endothelial cells (BECs), pericytes, neurons, and astrocytes. Its role is to precisely regulate the microenvironment of the brain through selective substance crossing.
Kohei Yamamizu, Mio Iwasaki, Hitomi Takakubo, Takumi Sakamoto, Takeshi Ikuno, Mami Miyoshi, Takayuki Kondo, Yoichi Nakao, Masato Nakagawa, Haruhisa Inoue, Jun K. Yamashita   +10 more
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NuMA regulates mitotic spindle assembly, structural dynamics and function via phase separation

Nature Communications, 2021
Mitotic spindle assembly is required for proper cell division, but many underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, the authors show that NuMa undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation, condensing on spindle poles during mitotic entry and enriching ...
Mengjie Sun, Mingkang Jia, He Ren, Biying Yang, Wangfei Chi, Guangwei Xin, Qing Jiang, Chuanmao Zhang   +7 more
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Genome and epigenome analysis of monozygotic twins discordant for congenital heart disease

BMC Genomics, 2018
Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the leading non-infectious cause of death in infants. Monozygotic (MZ) twins share nearly all of their genetic variants before and after birth.
Guoliang Lyu, Chao Zhang, Te Ling, Rui Liu, Le Zong, Yiting Guan, Xiaoke Huang, Lei Sun, Lijun Zhang, Cheng Li, Yu Nie, Wei Tao   +11 more
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Role of PDLIM1 in hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis progression

Scientific Reports, 2023
Liver fibrosis is caused by chronic hepatic injury and may lead to cirrhosis, and even hepatocellular carcinoma. When hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are activated by liver injury, they transdifferentiate into myofibroblasts, which secrete extracellular ...
Bingyu Ye, Mengli Yu, Meijuan Yue, Man Yin, Chunyan Zhang, Qiwen Wang, Xinru Ding, Wenlong Shen, Zhihu Zhao   +8 more
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High-Fat Diet Related Lung Fibrosis-Epigenetic Regulation Matters

Biomolecules, 2023
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is an interstitial lung disease characterized by the destruction of the pulmonary parenchyma caused by excessive extracellular matrix deposition.
Juntang Yang, Chenxi Liang, Lulu Liu, Lan Wang, Guoying Yu   +4 more
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Modelling Torsade de Pointes arrhythmias in vitro in 3D human iPS cell-engineered heart tissue

Nature Communications, 2017
Torsade de Pointes (TdP) is a life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia often caused by drugs. In response to an urgent need for human tissue TdP models, here the authors describe a 3D human iPS cell-engineered heart tissue that generates TdP in response ...
Masahide Kawatou, Hidetoshi Masumoto, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Gaku Morinaga, Ryuzo Sakata, Takashi Ashihara, Jun K. Yamashita   +6 more
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The C/EBPβ LIP isoform rescues loss of C/EBPβ function in the mouse

Scientific Reports, 2018
The transcription factor C/EBPβ regulates hematopoiesis, bone, liver, fat, and skin homeostasis, and female reproduction. C/EBPβ protein expression from its single transcript occurs by alternative in-frame translation initiation at consecutive start ...
Valérie Bégay, Christian Baumeier, Karin Zimmermann, Arnd Heuser, Achim Leutz   +4 more
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TGF-β signaling alters H4K20me3 status via miR-29 and contributes to cellular senescence and cardiac aging

Nature Communications, 2018
Cellular senescence is associated with epigenetic remodeling. Here, the authors report that TGF-β signaling promotes miR-29 mediated loss of H4K20me3 thus accelerating senescence.
Guoliang Lyu, Yiting Guan, Chao Zhang, Le Zong, Lei Sun, Xiaoke Huang, Li Huang, Lijun Zhang, Xiao-Li Tian, Zhongjun Zhou, Wei Tao   +10 more
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Involvement of ST6Gal I‐mediated α2,6 sialylation in myoblast proliferation and differentiation

FEBS Open Bio, 2020
Myogenesis is a physiological process which involves the proliferation of myoblasts and their differentiation into multinucleated myotubes, which constitute the future muscle fibers.
Caroline Vergé, Amel Bouchatal, Frédéric Chirat, Yann Guérardel, Abderrahman Maftah, Jean‐Michel Petit   +5 more
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The molecular mechanism of human stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in retinal repair and regeneration

Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2023
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including microvesicles (MVs) and exosomes, play a critical role in metabolic regulation and intracellular communication.
Mei Yang, Guang-hua Peng
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