Extracellular Matrix News Volume 14.32 | Aug 10 2023

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    2023-08-10 | ECM 14.32


    Extracellular Matrix News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 14.32 – 10 August, 2023
    TOP STORY

    Gelation of Uniform Interfacial Diffusant in Embedded 3D Printing

    The Gelation of Uniform Interfacial Diffusant in Embedded 3D Printing approach for constructing perfusable networks of interconnected channels with precise control over branching geometries and vessel sizes was presented.
    [Advanced Functional Materials]

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    On-Chip Reconstitution of Uniformly Shear-Sensing 3D Matrix-Embedded Multicellular Blood Microvessel

    Scientists presented a reliable, and simply reproducible process for constructing user-controlled long rounded ECM embedded vascular microlumens on-chip for endothelization and co-culture with stromal cells obtained from human lung.
    [Advanced Functional Materials]

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    An Oncolytic Virus–Delivered TGFβ Inhibitor Overcomes the Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment

    The authors generated αPD-1 resistant variants of the murine HNSCC model MEER. While entirely αPD-1 resistant, these tumors regressed after single dose of oncolytic vaccinia virus .
    [Journal Of Experimental Medicine]

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    Protein Exaptation by Endogenous Retroviral Elements Shapes Tumor Cell Senescence and Downstream Immune Signaling

    A human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) sequence upstream of the calbindin gene, CALB1, promoted the transcription of an HERVH-CALB1 transcript through a splice event at the third CALB1 exon in a process known as protein exaptation.
    [Cancer Research]

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    Body Stiffness Is a Mechanical Property That Facilitates Contact-Mediated Mate Recognition in Caenorhabditis elegans

    The authors showed that C. elegans males recognized conspecific and reproductive mates through short-range cues, and that the attractiveness of potential mates depends on the sex and developmental stages of the hypodermis.
    [Current Biology]

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    Inference of Long-Range Cell-Cell Force Transmission from ECM Remodeling Fluctuations

    Scientists presented a computational method to systematically infer and quantify long-range cell-cell force transmission through the ECM.
    [Communications Biology]

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    Basonuclin-2 Regulates Extracellular Matrix Production and Degradation

    Researchers demonstrated that basonuclin-2, a mesenchymal-expressed gene, that is, strongly associated with cancer and developmental defects across genome-wide association studies, was a novel regulator of ECM composition and degradation.
    [Life Science Alliance]

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    Tau Deficiency Inhibits Classically Activated Macrophage Polarization and Protects Against Collagen-Induced Arthritis in Mice

    The authors established collagen-induced arthritis model in wild-type and Tau-/- mice to compare the clinical score and arthritis incidence. Micro-CT analysis was used to evaluate bone erosion of ankle joints.
    [Arthritis Research & Therapy]

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    ynoviocytes and Secretion of Inflammatory Factors via the TGF-β Pathway in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Researchers collected synovial tissues of RA patients and FLS-RA and cultured FLS for detection of expression of SMAD2. ASC, NLRP3, cleaved-caspase-1, and GSDMD-N were detected by Western blot after overexpression of SMAD2.
    [Arthritis Research & Therapy]

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    Interposition Grafting of Collagen-Gelatin Sponge Impregnated with Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Primary Palatoplasty

    This retrospective study assessed the complications and efficacy of basic fibroblast growth factor-impregnated collagen gelatin sponge (bFGF-CGS) to reduce fistula formation. Patients who underwent primary palatoplasty with bFGF-CGS were included.
    [Regenerative Therapy]

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    REVIEWS

    Beyond Matrix Stiffness: Targeting Force-Induced Cancer Drug Resistance

    Investigators describe mechanisms of action for anti-cancer therapies and mechanotransduction programs that regulate cellular processes, including cell proliferation, apoptosis, survival and phenotype switching.
    [Trends In Cancer]

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    The Extracellular Matrix Mechanics in the Vasculature

    Scientists highlight approaches to examine ECM mechanics at tissue and cellular levels, focusing on how mechanical interactions between cells and the ECM regulate vascular phenotype, especially under certain pathological conditions.
    [Nature Cardiovascular Research]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    City of Hope Receives $32.3 Million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to Advance Innovative Therapies for Patients

    Researchers at City of Hope were awarded $32.3 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support three novel Phase I clinical trials evaluating innovative cell and gene therapy treatments for patients with HIV, acute myeloid leukemia and severe aplastic anemia.
    [City of Hope]

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    AACR Special Conference: Brain Cancer

    October 19 – 22, 2023
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    JOB OPPORTUNITIES

    Postdoctoral Position – Modeling of the Tumor Microenvironment

    The University of Copenhagen – Copenhagen, Denmark

    Principal Investigators – Molecular Cell Science

    Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science – Shanghai, China

    Research Fellow – Mechanobiology Institute

    National University of Singapore – Singapore, Singapore

    Associate Professor – Bioengineering

    University of Maryland – College Park, Maryland, United States

    Research Assistant – Biomedicine

    IRB Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain

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