Cord Blood News Volume 14.11 | Mar 24 2022

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    Cord Blood News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 14.11 – 24 March, 2022
    TOP STORY

    Development of Off-the-Shelf Hematopoietic Stem Cell-Engineered Invariant Natural Killer T Cells for COVID-19 Therapeutic Intervention

    Scientists produced allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-engineered Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells through TCR engineering of human cord blood CD34+ HSC and differentiation of these HSCs into iNKT cells in an ex vivo HSC-Derived iNKT Cell Culture.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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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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    Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Alleviate Insulin Resistance in Diet-Induced Obese Mice via an Interaction with Splenocytes

    Human umbilical cord-derived MSCs infusions improved systemic metabolic homeostasis and alleviated insulin resistance in epididymal adipose tissue but elicited no change in weight.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    ZIKV Can Infect Human Term Placentas in the Absence of Maternal Factors

    To distinguish responses related to viral infection vs. recognition, the authors evaluated cotyledons perfused with either active or inactivated Zika virus (ZIKV).
    [Communications Biology]

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    Spidroin Striped Micropattern Promotes Chondrogenic Differentiation of Human Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells

    Researchers grew human Wharton’s jelly MSCs (hWJ-MSCs) on a striped micropattern containing spider silk protein from Argiope appensa, aiming to direct hWJ-MSCs chondrogenesis using micropattern made of spidroin bioink as opposed to fibronectin that was often used as the gold standard.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Renalase and Its Receptor, PMCA4b, Are Expressed in the Placenta throughout the Human Gestation

    PCR, bulk RNA sequencing, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence for renalase and its binding partners, PMCA4b and PZP, were performed on human placental tissue from second-trimester and full-term placentas separated into decidua, placental villi and chorionic plates.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Lack of Tumorigenesis and Protumorigenic Activity of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells in NOD SCID Mice

    Scientists observed tumor formation in NOD SCID mice after a single subcutaneous injection of human umbilical cord-MSCs and the effect of these cells on tumor growth in tumor-bearing mice.
    [BMC Cancer]

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    AXL Targeting Restores PD-1 Blockade Sensitivity of STK11/LKB1 Mutant NSCLC through Expansion of TCF1+ CD8 T Cells

    Investigators demonstrated that AXL was a critical targetable driver of immune suppression in STK11/LKB1 mutant non-small cell lung cancer.
    [Cell Reports Medicine]

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    REVIEWS

    SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy

    The author covers recent developments in our understanding of the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy, and how vaccination can reduce these.
    [Nature Reviews Immunology]

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    The Secretion Profile of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Potential Applications in Treating Human Diseases

    Growth factors, cytokines, chemokines, extracellular matrix components, and metabolic products were all found to be functional molecules of MSCs in various therapeutic paradigms.
    [Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    IMAC Holdings, Inc. Announces Initiation of Third and Final Cohort of its Phase I Clinical Study of Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Bradykinesia Due to Parkinson’s Disease

    IMAC Holdings, Inc. announced it has initiated the third and final cohort of its Phase I clinical trial for its investigational compound utilizing umbilical cord-derived allogenic MSCs for the treatment of bradykinesia due to Parkinson’s disease.
    [IMAC Holdings, Inc.]

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