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Liver organoids: modelling complexity in homeostasis and disease

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Studying liver in vitro has been challenging because simple 2D cell cultures fail to capture liver's cellular and architectural complexity. To bridge this gap, scientists increasingly use organoids, 3D liver models which better mimic liver composition and function. This review examines recent advances in liver organoid complexity and realism, discusses
Anna M. Dowbaj, Meritxell Huch
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Book Review: Weiskirchen, R.; Friedman, S.L. Hepatic Stellate Cells: Methods and Protocols, 1st Ed.; Weiskirchen, R., Friedman, S.L., Eds.; Methods in Molecular Biology 2669; Humana Press: New York, NY, USA, 2023; ISBN 978-1-07-163206-2; eISBN: 978-1-0716-3207-9

Livers, 2023
Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are a liver-specific mesenchymal cell type located in the Dissé space between hepatocytes and sinusoidal endothelial cells [...]
Ralf Weiskirchen, Scott L. Friedman
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Metastatic niche shaped by host factors influences disseminated cancer cell fate

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Metastasis is shaped not only by cancer cells but also by the environments they encounter. This review explores how factors such as aging, diet, the microbiome, lifestyle, and environmental exposures remodel organ‐specific niches in the lung, liver, bone, and brain, influencing where metastatic cells survive, remain dormant, or grow, and ultimately ...
Gwennan Delyth Ward, Álvaro Ruiz‐Tabas, Patricia Altea‐Manzano   +2 more
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Regulatory network and interplay of hepatokines, stellakines, myokines and adipokines in nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Fatty liver disease is a spectrum of liver pathologies ranging from simple hepatic steatosis to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and culminating with the development of cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma
Bing Yang, Liqing Lu, Dongmei Zhou, Wei Fan, Lucía Barbier-Torres, Justin Steggerda, Heping Yang, Xi Yang   +7 more
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Metastasis on pause: How dormant tumor cells stay hidden within the tumor microenvironment and evade immune surveillance

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Dormant cancer cells can hide in distant organs for years, evading treatment and the immune system. This review highlights how signals from the surrounding tissue and immune environment keep these cells inactive or trigger their reawakening. Understanding these mechanisms may help develop therapies to eliminate or control dormant cells and prevent ...
Kanishka Tiwary, Jose Javier Bravo‐Cordero   +1 more
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Thrombin and factor Xa link the coagulation system with liver fibrosis

BMC Gastroenterology, 2018
Background Thrombin activates hepatic stellate cells via protease-activated receptor-1. The role of Factor Xa (FXa) in hepatic fibrosis has not been elucidated.
Ameet Dhar, Fouzia Sadiq, Quentin M. Anstee, Adam P. Levene, Robert D. Goldin, Mark R. Thursz   +5 more
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Chronobiology of Cancer: How Aging Fuels Oncogenesis at the Molecular Level

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
This graphical abstract illustrates the key biological pathways linking aging with cancer development and progression. In the upper left, cumulative exposure to ultraviolet radiation, toxins, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) causes DNA damage and genomic instability, whereas age‐related decline in repair mechanisms, such as ATM/ATR, BER, and NER ...
Anu Singh, Aroonima Misra, Sufian Zaheer
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Metabolic reprogramming in hepatic stellate cells: unveiling a novel therapeutic target for liver fibrosis

Frontiers in Physiology
Liver fibrosis represents a pathological reparative process for the liver that occurs due to persistent harm, closely linked to sustained liver damage and inflammation.
Bingbing He, Ning Wang, Ruijuan Yan, Junzhe Jiao, Junzhe Jiao, Haibo Zhang, Haibo Zhang, Qian Huang, Qi Xi, Zhanjie Chang, Xi Guan, Xi Guan, Shuguang Yan, Shuguang Yan, Jingtao Li, Jingtao Li   +15 more
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Myogenic Fusogen‐Engineered Lipid Nanoparticles Enhance mRNA Delivery in Skeletal Muscle

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study reports a biomimetic strategy of engineering full‐length Myomaker, a muscle‐specific fusogen, into lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to harness the native myoblast fusion capability for skeletal muscle mRNA delivery. The resulting Mymk‐LNPs enhance transfection in differentiating myocytes and enable Cre‐mediated reporter activation in injured ...
Fangyu Zhang, Zhisheng Xu, Yaou Duan, Yehui Sun, Shiying Wu, Tao Long, Mateusz Durbacz, Li Zhang, Yufen Xiao, Yu‐Chung Pien, Erick D. Guerrero, Zeru Tian, Xu Wang, Pratima Basak, Sumanta Chatterjee, Ning Liu, Xiaochun Li, Eric N. Olson, Daniel J. Siegwart   +18 more
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Engineered Nanoplatforms Targeting Activated Hepatic Stellate Cells for Liver Fibrosis Therapy via TGF‐β Axis Inhibition and Ferroptosis Induction

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
FeS‐VA@lanifibranor (FVL), an activated hepatic stellate cell (aHSC)‐targeted nanoplatform comprising vitamin A‐functionalized two‐dimensional iron sulfide nanosheets and lanifibranor, is engineered for precision therapy of liver fibrosis. FVL suppresses the TGF‐β signaling pathway by inhibiting SMAD2/3 phosphorylation and induces ferroptosis in aHSCs,
Yinuo Yang, Mengyao Mu, Ke Ren, Hui Liu, Pengju Ma, Yingqi Wang, Mengmeng Zhang, Xueli Xu, Wenzhe Li, Wenshuang Gao, Xiao Sun, Qiang Zhu   +11 more
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