Extracellular Matrix News Volume 14.03 | Jan 26 2023

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    2023-01-26 | ECM 14.03


    Extracellular Matrix News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 14.03 – 26 January, 2023
    TOP STORY

    ECM-Inspired Hydrogels with ADSCs Encapsulation for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

    Scientists proposed a novel ECM-inspired injectable hydrogel for adipose-derived stem cell encapsulation and rheumatoid arthritis treatment.
    [Advanced Science]

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    Polymeric Extracellular Matrix Nanoremodeler for Activatable Cancer Photo-Immunotherapy

    Researchers reported a semiconducting polymer-based ECM nanoremodele for activatable cancer photo-immunotherapy, which has photodynamic antitumor activity, and cancer-specific inhibition of collagen-crosslinking enzymes.
    [Angewandte Chemie-International Edition]

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    Scleraxis-Lineage Cells Are Required for Tendon Homeostasis and Their Depletion Induces an Accelerated Extracellular Matrix Aging Phenotype

    Scientists developed a novel model of accelerated tendon ECM aging via depletion of Scleraxis-lineage cells in young mice (Scx-DTR). Scx-DTR recapitulated many aspects of tendon aging including comparable declines in cellularity, alterations in ECM structure, organization, and composition.
    [Elife]

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    Extracellular Matrix Stiffness Mediates Uterine Repair via the Rap1a/ARHGAP35/RhoA/F-actin/YAP Axis

    The authors showed that the disturbance of mechanical cue homeostasis occurs after uterine injury and identified YAP as a sensor of biophysical forces that drive endometrial regeneration.
    [Cell Communication and Signaling]

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    Mechanosensitive miR-99b Mediates the Regulatory Effect of Matrix Stiffness on Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Fate Both In Vitro and In Vivo

    Researchers found that the expression of miR-99b increased with increasing hydrogel stiffness and that miR-99b regulated the proliferation and differentiation of BMSCs seeded on the surface of substrates with different stiffnesses.
    [APL Bioengineering]

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    Mechanically Primed Cells Transfer Memory to Fibrous Matrices for Invasion across Environments of Distinct Stiffness and Dimensionality

    The authors showed that cells previously primed on stiff matrices, compared to soft, generated higher forces to remodel collagen fibers, and promoted invasion.
    [Molecular Biology of the Cell]

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    Photocontrolled DNA Nanotubes as Stiffness Tunable Matrices for Controlling Cellular Behavior

    Scientists created photocontrolled stiffness-tunable DNA nanotubes which could undergo reversible changes in their conformation upon ultraviolet and VIS irradiation.
    [Nanoscale]

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    Pancreatic Islets Implanted in an Irreversible Electroporation Generated Extracellular Matrix in the Liver

    Researchers showed that pancreatic islets could become incorporated and function in a non-thermal irreversible electroporation-generated ECM niche, albeit at a low success rate.
    [Radiology and Oncology]

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    Bone ECM-Inspired Biomineralization Chitin Whisker Liquid Crystal Hydrogels for Bone Regeneration

    Investigators reported a novel kind of bone ECM-inspired biomineralization chitin whisker liquid crystal (LC) hydrogels. Photocurable chitin whisker LC hydrogels with bone ECM-like chiral nematic LC state and viscoelasticity were created.
    [International Journal of Biological Macromolecules]

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    Bardoxolone Methyl Ameliorates Osteoarthritis by Inhibiting Osteoclastogenesis and Protecting the Extracellular Matrix against Degradation

    Scientists showed that bardoxolone methyl inhibited nuclear factor-κB ligand-induced osteoclast formation and ECM degradation by activating the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathways and inhibiting NF-κB pathway activation and excess reactive oxygen species production.
    [Heliyon]

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    REVIEWS

    Biomaterials Tools to Modulate the Tumor Microenvironment in Immunotherapy

    Investigators introduce the hallmarks of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and discuss biomaterials and nanomedicine technologies that can regulate the TME of solid tumors to improve the efficacy of different types of immunotherapy.
    [Nature Reviews Bioengineering]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Aston University Researchers Collaborate with Biotechnology Start-Up to Develop Drugs to Tackle Irreversible Lung Disease

    Aston University announced that they are working with a start-up company, Isterian Biotech, part of Cambrian BioPharma, to develop novel drugs to treat fibrotic diseases such as lung disease.
    [Aston University]

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