Cell Therapy News Volume 22.05 | Feb 8 2021

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    CTN 22.05 | Feb 8 2021

    Cell Therapy News by STEMCELL Technologies

    Vol. 22.05 – 8 February, 2021

    TOP STORY


    BAFF Promotes Heightened BCR Responsiveness and Manifestations of Chronic GvHD after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

    Chronic graft versus host disease (GvHD) manifestations in mice associated with high B cell-activating factor (BAFF)/B cell ratios and persistence of B cell receptor-activated B cells in peripheral blood and lesional tissue.
    [Blood]

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    The StemSpanâ„¢ T Cell Generation Kit is designed to promote differentiation of HSPCs into T cells in stroma- and serum-free culture conditions.

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    Engineering
    Advanced Logic and Distributed Computing in Human CAR Immune Cells

    Researchers developed an inhibitory feature, achieving a three-input logic, and demonstrated that this programmable system was functional in diverse adaptive and innate immune cells.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Biallelic
    Loss of BCMA as a Resistance Mechanism to CAR T Cell Therapy in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma

    Scientists perform single cell genomic characterization of longitudinal samples from a patient who relapsed after initial CAR T cell treatment with lack of response to retreatment.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Preclinical
    Evaluation of B7-H3-Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Investigators evaluated B7-H3 as a potential target for acute myeloid leukemia-directed CAR T cell therapy.
    [Clinical Cancer Research]

    Abstract

    MiR-34a
    Inhibitor Protects Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Hyperglycaemic Injury through the Activation of the SIRT1/FoxO3a Autophagy Pathway

    Researchers determined the precise role of miR-34a in mesenchymal stem cells exposed to hyperglycaemia and in recovery heart function after myocardial infarction in diabetes mellitus rats.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    The
    Effect of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Transplantation on Neointimal Hyperplasia and Reendothelialisation after Balloon Catheter Injury in Rat Carotid Arteries

    Transplanted endothelial progenitor cells labelled with PKH26 were attached to the injured luminal surface the first day after balloon injury.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    AAV1.NT-3 Gene Therapy for X-linked Charcot–Marie–Tooth Neuropathy Type 1

    scAAV1.tMCK.NT-3 was delivered to the gastrocnemius muscle of three-month-old Cx32 knockout mice. Measurable levels of neurotrophin-3 were found in the serum at six-month post gene delivery.
    [Gene Therapy]

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    Notch
    Signaling-Modified Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improve Tissue Perfusion by Induction of Arteriogenesis in a Rat Hindlimb Ischemia Model

    In Sprague–Dawley rats, hindlimb ischemia was generated by femoral artery removal, then seven days after ischemic induction 1 × 105 SB623 cells or PBS was injected into the ischemic adductor muscle.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Exosomes
    with High Level of miR-181c from Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Inhibit Inflammation and Apoptosis to Alleviate Spinal Cord Injury

    The authors collected bone marrow stem cells derived exosomes to deal with spinal cord injury rats and LPS induced microglia to explore the possible mechanisms.
    [Journal of Molecular Histology]

    Abstract

    Gene
    Editing Correction of a Urea Cycle Defect in Organoid Stem Cell Derived Hepatocyte-like Cells

    Researchers demonstrated a practical, and widely applicable, approach that included the successful reprogramming of somatic cells from a patient with a urea cycle defect, their genetic correction and differentiation into hepatic organoids.
    [International Journal of Molecular Sciences]

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    Biobanked
    Human Foreskin Epithelial Cell Sheets Reduce Inflammation and Promote Wound Healing in a Nude Mouse Model

    In vivo, epithelial cell sheets were directly transplanted to skin defect models and histological examination was performed at one week postoperatively.
    [BMC Biotechnology]

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    REVIEWS

    Hematopoietic-Stem-Cell-Targeted
    Gene-Addition and Gene-Editing Strategies for β-Hemoglobinopathies

    State-of-the-art gene-editing technology has made it possible to repair the β-globin mutation in patient hematopoietic stem cells or target genetic loci associated with reactivation of endogenous γ-globin expression.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

    Abstract

    Gene-Based Therapies for Neurodegenerative Diseases

    The authors highlight advances in the development and application of gene-based therapies for neurodegenerative diseases and offer a prospective look into this emerging arena.
    [Nature Neuroscience]

    Abstract

    Cell-Based Strategies for IVD Repair: Clinical Progress and Translational Obstacles

    Investigators discuss current approaches to disc regeneration, with a particular focus on cell-based therapeutic strategies, including ongoing challenges, and attempts to provide a framework to interpret current data and guide future investigational studies.
    [Nature Reviews Rheumatology]

    Abstract

    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    AskBio
    Adds CNS Gene Therapy Programs in Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple System Atrophy

    Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. announced that the clinical team from Brain Neurotherapy Bio, Inc., a gene therapy company based in Columbus, Ohio, has joined AskBio to expand its clinical pipeline for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.
    [Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc.]

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    JOB OPPORTUNITIES

    Postdoctoral Position – Developmental Cancer Biology/Quantitative Cell Biology

    Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology – Dortmund, Germany

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    Researcher – Translational Cell Assays

    Karolinska Institutet – Stockholm, Sweden

    Experimental Genetics Researcher – IBS, and the Immune/Microbiome/Endothelial Axis

    University of California San Francisco – San Francisco, California, United States

    Research
    Technician – Stem Cell and Genome Editing

    The University of British Columbia – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada


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    NIH National Cancer Institute – Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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