Extracellular Matrix News Volume 13.49 | Dec 15 2022

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    2022-12-15 | ECM 13.49


    Extracellular Matrix News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 13.49 – 15 December, 2022
    TOP STORY

    Scar-Degrading Endothelial Cells as a Treatment for Advanced Liver Fibrosis

    In vivo, single intrasplenic injection of degrading liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (dLSECs) alleviated advanced liver fibrosis in mice, while intraperitoneal administration of liver-targeting peptide-modified dLSECs showed enhanced fibrosis-targeting effects.
    [Advanced Science]

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    A Smart Adhesive Janus Hydrogel for Non-Invasive Cardiac Repair and Tissue Adhesion Prevention

    Scientists developed a responsively reversible and asymmetrically adhesive Janus hydrogel that enabled on-demand stimuli-triggered detachment for efficient myocardial infarction repair.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Three-Dimensional Heart Extracellular Matrix Enhances Chemically Induced Direct Cardiac Reprogramming

    Investigators reported that a three-dimensional microenvironment reconstituted with decellularized heart ECM could enhance chemical reprogramming and cardiac maturation of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes.
    [Science Advances]

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    “A 3D Perfusable Platform for In Vitro Culture of Patient Derived Xenografts”

    Researchers described the culture of multiple prostate cancer-derived PDX models as 3D clusters within engineered biomimetic hydrogel matrices alongside bone marrow-derived stromal cells and a perfused endothelial channel.
    [Advanced Healthcare Materials]

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    The Stiffness-Sensitive Transcriptome of Human Tendon Stromal Cells

    A biomaterial system composed of two-dimensional mechano-variant silicone substrates with simplified and scalable surface biofunctionalization chemistry was developed to facilitate large-scale cell culture expansion processes.
    [Advanced Healthcare Materials]

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    Dissecting the Influence of Cellular Senescence on Cell Mechanics and Extracellular Matrix Formation In Vitro

    The authors reported how individual modules of the senescence program differentially influenced cell mechanics and ECM expression with relevance for tissue formation.
    [Aging Cell]

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    Towards a Standardized Multi-Tissue Decellularization Protocol for the Derivation of Extracellular Matrix Materials

    The ECM obtained using this first iteration of a unified protocol was able to produce ECM hydrogels from skin, lung, muscle, tendons, cartilage, and laryngeal tissues.
    [Biomaterials Science]

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    Controlled Release of Growth Factors Using Synthetic Glycosaminoglycans in a Modular Macroporous Scaffold for Tissue Regeneration

    Scientists showed the use of synthetic glycosaminoglycans for controlled binding and release of growth factors to induce a desired cellular response.
    [Communications Biology]

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    The Effects of Inhibition and siRNA Knockdown of Collagen-Binding Integrins on Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cell Migration and Tube Formation

    Researchers studied the endothelium–collagen interactions mediated by the collagen-binding integrins, α1β1, α2β1, α10β1, and α11β1 expressed in human umbilical vein endothelial cells.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    REVIEWS

    Engineered Hydrogels for Mechanobiology

    The authors outline the importance and challenges of creating hydrogels that mimic the mechanical and biological properties of the native ECM.
    [Nature Reviews Methods Primers]

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    Engineering Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells for Solid Tumor Therapy

    Scientists discuss tumor microenvironment-associated aspects with an emphasis on T cell trafficking, extracellular matrix barriers, abnormal vasculature, solid tumor heterogenicity, and immune suppressive microenvironment.
    [Clinical and Translational Medicine]

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    Extracellular Matrix and Synapse Formation

    Investigators review the effects of various ECM components on synapse formation and briefly describe the related diseases caused by the abnormality of several ECM components.
    [Bioscience Reports]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Improving Bladder Cancer Trials and Treatments Goal of New $6 Million CPRIT Recruit

    Cancer translational scientist Keith Syson Chan, Ph.D., has joined Houston Methodist thanks to a $6 million Established Investigator recruitment grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
    [Houston Methodist]

    Press Release

    NIH Plans Grant-Review Overhaul to Reduce Bias

    The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a tentative plan to change how its research grant applications are scored, with the aim of reducing bias and lowering the burden on reviewers.
    [Nature]

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