ESC & iPSC News Volume 17.29 | Jul 27 2022

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    Vol. 17.29 – 27 July, 2022
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    Ligand-Free Mitochondria-Localized Mutant AR-Induced Cytotoxicity in Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy

    Scientists utilized CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to engineer novel isogenic hiPSC models, consisting of isogenic androgen receptor (AR) knockout, control, and disease lines expressing mutant AR with distinct repeat lengths.
    [Brain]

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    Fluorescent hiPSC-Derived MYH6-mScarlet Cardiomyocytes for Real-Time Tracking, Imaging, and Cardiotoxicity Assays

    To further expand hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes’ (CMs) potential as a research tool and bridge the translational gap, investigators generated a cardiac-specific hiPSC reporter line that differentiated into fluorescent CMs using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology.
    [Cell Biology and Toxicology]

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    Meiosis Resumption in Human Primordial Germ Cells from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by In Vitro Activation and Reconstruction of Ovarian Nests

    iPSCs carrying a SYCP3-mkate2 knock-in reporter were generated by the CRISPR/Cas9 strategy to monitor meiosis status during induced differentiation from iPSCs into oocytes.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    Establishment and Characterization of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells-Derived Brain Organoids to Model Cerebellar Diseases

    Brain organoids were characterized regarding brain development, cell type composition, and Machado-Joseph disease-associated neuropathology markers, to evaluate their value for cerebellar diseases modeling.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Human iPSC Co-Culture Model to Investigate the Interaction between Microglia and Motor Neurons

    The authors combined iPSC-derived spinal motor neurons and microglia and established a novel co-culture, which was compatible with motor neuron identity and function.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Enhanced Efficiency of Generating Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Lin28-30Kc19 Fusion Protein

    Scientists added Lin28, known as one of the reprogramming factors, in the form of a soluble recombinant protein from E. coli to improve the efficiency of hiPSC generation, in respect of alkaline phosphatase-positive colonies.
    [Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology]

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    Establishment and Characterization of IPS-OGC-C1: A Novel Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Line from Healthy Human Ovarian Granulosa Cells

    Investigators established a novel ovarian granulosa cell (OGC)-derived iPSC cell line from the follicular fluid of a healthy female donor with a Chinese Han genetic background and named it IPS-OGC-C1.
    [Human Cell]

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    WDR36 Safeguards Self-Renewal and Pluripotency of Human Extended Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Through constructing inducible knockdown or overexpressing WDR36-human extended PSC (EPSC) lines, researchers found that WDR36 knockdown disrupted self-renewal but promoted the mesodermal differentiation of human EPSCs.
    [Frontiers in Genetics]

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    Induction of iPSC-Derived Prg4-Positive Cells with Characteristics of Superficial Zone Chondrocytes and Fibroblast-Like Synovial Cells

    Scientists induced lubricin-expressing cells from iPSCs and applied them locally via cell transplantation.
    [Journal of Molecular Histology]

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    Human Embryoids: A New Strategy of Recreating the First Steps of Embryonic Development In Vitro

    The authors review recently developed strategies for making 3D models of the human embryo built from ESCs, which they refer to as embryoids.
    [Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology]

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    Lin and Greco Take Office as Leaders of Stem Cell Society

    Two of Yale’s stem cell faculty — Drs. Haifan Lin, and Valentina Greco — are serving in the highest ranks of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
    [Yale School of Medicine]

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