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Human Urine Stem Cells Alleviate Pulmonary Fibrosis via Inhibiting Macrophage‐Myofibroblast Transition

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Therapeutic role and mechanism of human urine stem cells (hUSCs) in pulmonary fibrosis. hUSCs alleviated pulmonary fibrosis by selectively inhibiting macrophage‐myofibroblast transition (MMT) in two ways: on one hand, hUSCs inhibited mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) production and apoptosis/senescence of epithelial cells in pulmonary ...
Zhou‐Hang Zhang, Guan‐Lin Guo, Xiao‐Hui Guan, Min Hu, Qi‐Ming Huang, Ding‐Wen Guo, Hao‐Cheng Gu, You‐Qiong Zhuo, Ning Li, Hong‐Bo Xin, Ke‐Yu Deng   +10 more
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N-cadherin Expression in Testicular Germ Cell and Gonadal Stromal Tumors

Journal of Cancer, 2012
Neural-cadherin is a member of the cadherin gene family encoding the N-cadherin protein that mediates cell adhesion. N-cadherin is a marker of Sertoli cells and is also expressed in germ cells of varying stages of maturation.
Daniel J. Heidenberg, Joel H. Barton, Denise Young, Michael Grinkemeyer, Isabell A. Sesterhenn
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Targeting the HSPA8‐CMA‐ATP6V1A Axis Triggers Lysosomal Hyperacidification and Catastrophic Vacuolation in Prostate Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Our experimental evidence supports a model in which ALO targets the HSPA8‐CMA‐ATP6V1A axis to induce lysosomal hyperacidification and initiate osmotic and lipidomic stress. These changes are associated with LMP and loss of lysosomal integrity in prostate cancer cells.
Bingzheng An, Ze Gao, Shuo Chen, Liwei Meng, Chen Zhang, Kefan Song, Haochen Cui, Lei Yan, Zhiqing Fang   +8 more
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Stiffness‐Activated Stellate Cells Drive Pancreatic Cancer Liver Colonization via GMFG‐TNS4 Signaling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Fibrotic liver stiffness activates hepatic stellate cells through Piezo1‐dependent calcium influx and ER stress, promoting EV‐associated GMFG release. Delivered GMFG engages TNS4 in pancreatic cancer cells, triggering FAK/AKT signaling, adhesion, and fatty acid synthesis.
Biwen Zhu, Jian Wan, Xue Zhang, Jiashuai Yan, Xi Chen, Xiaoqi Guan, Qianqian Ren, Tao Yang, Di Wu, Qingsong Guo, Yibing Guo, Yuhua Lu   +11 more
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Vascularized Liver‐on‐a‐Microsphere Reveals Alanine‐Glucose Metabolism‐Driven Regulation of Liver Function and Injury

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A vascularized liver‐on‐a‐microsphere system is developed to recreate lobule‐like cellular organization and endothelial barrier function within compartmentalized hydrogel particles. The platform enhances hepatic performance and reveals alanine‐glucose cycle activation linked to improved detoxification capacity, offering a high‐throughput microscale ...
Jingyang Li, Zengnan Wu, Yingrui Zhang, Shulang Chen, Yongning Lin, Shiyu Chen, Tong Xu, Xianli Meng, Yi Zhang, Jin‐Ming Lin   +9 more
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Essential role of obscurin kinase-1 in cardiomyocyte coupling via N-cadherin phosphorylation

JCI Insight
Obscurins are giant cytoskeletal proteins with structural and regulatory roles. Obscurin-B (~870 kDa), the largest known isoform, contains 2 enzymatically active Ser/Thr kinase (kin) domains, kin1 and kin2, which belong to the myosin light chain kinase ...
Li Wang, Panagiotis Tsakiroglou, Rex Gonzales, Suhan Cho, Amy Li, Cristobal dos Remedios, Nathan Wright, Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos   +7 more
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Quality Thresholds for Angiogenesis Under Acoustic Manipulation in Engineered Vascular Tissues

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Defined biological and physical quality thresholds achieved through acoustic manipulation regulate cellular alignment and spatial organization, promoting self‐assembling vasculature, extracellular matrix deposition, and angiogenic responses, thereby establishing critical acoustic patterning requirements for engineered vascular tissue development in ...
Oscar O'Dwyer Lancaster‐Jones, Russell Quinn, Niloofar Khoshdel Rad, Kilian Paul, Andrea Frank, Daniela F. Duarte Campos   +5 more
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Matrix Stiffness Induces Endothelial Network Senescence

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Using a 3D human in vitro model that decouples mechanical stress from inflammatory or biochemical signals, matrix stiffening induces a senescence phenotype in endothelial networks. This mechano‐induced senescence activates Notch signaling, and pharmacologic Notch inhibition attenuates this stiffness‐induced senescence.
Jiyeon Song, Alexandra N. Rindone, Ya Guan, Connor D. Amelung, Prarthana Sanjay Daswani, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Sharon Gerecht   +6 more
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Molecular and Cellular Hallmarks of Age‐Related Vestibular Hair Cell Degeneration

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study utilizes single‐cell RNA‐seq transcriptomes, advanced imaging, and electrophysiology to examine universal and cell‐type‐specific aging signatures of vestibular hair cells. The study shows that impaired hair bundle function is a key driver of age‐related vestibular dysfunction.
Samadhi Kulasooriya, Huizhan Liu, Sarath Vijayakumar, Celia Bloom, Zhenhang Xu, Shu Tu, Benjamin J. Borgmeier, Mi Zhou, Litao Tao, Bechara Kachar, David Z. He   +10 more
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N-cadherin mechanosensing in ovarian follicles controls oocyte maturation and ovulation

eLife
The cell adhesion molecule N-cadherin (CDH2) is a membrane component of adherens junctions which regulates tissue morphogenesis and architecture. In the follicles of mammalian ovaries, N-cadherin adherens junctions are present between granulosa cells ...
Alaknanda Emery, Orest W Blaschuk, Doan T Dinh, Tim McPhee, Rouven Becker, Andrew D Abell, Krzysztof M Mrozik, Andrew CW Zannettino, Rebecca L Robker, Darryl L Russell   +9 more
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