Extracellular Matrix News Volume 15.00 | Jan 04 2023

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    Extracellular Matrix News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 15.00 – 4 January, 2024
    TOP STORY

    Microengineering 3D Collagen Matrices with Tumor-Mimetic Gradients in Fiber Alignment

    Fiber alignment gradients in biopsy samples were characterized and recreated using a new microfluidic biofabrication technique to achieve tunable sub-millimeter to millimeter scale gradients.
    [Advanced Functional Materials]

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    The Super-Healing MRL Strain Promotes Muscle Growth in Muscular Dystrophy through a Regenerative Extracellular Matrix

    To investigate the Murphy Roths Large (MRL) ECM, cellular components were removed from dystrophic muscle sections to generate decellularized myoscaffolds. Decellularized myoscaffolds from dystrophic mice in the protective MRL strain had less deposition of collagen and matrix-bound TGF-β1 and TGF-β3.
    [JCI Insight]

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    Bionic Artificial Skin with a Fully Implantable Wireless Tactile Sensory System for Wound Healing and Restoring Skin Tactile Function

    Scientists introduced a fully-implantable wireless-powered tactile sensory system embedded in artificial skin, with stable operation, to restore permanently damaged tactile function and promote wound healing for regenerating severely damaged skin.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Human Apical-Out Nasal Organoids Reveal an Essential Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Airway Epithelial Differentiation

    Researchers presented a human apical-out airway organoid using a biochemically defined hybrid hydrogel system. The expression and activity of ECM-degrading enzymes, and matrix metalloproteinases increase during organoid differentiation.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Fibronectin Connecting Cell Sheet Based on Click Chemistry for Wound Repair

    Based on harvesting the cell sheet via a photothermal response strategy, a fibronectin-attached cell sheet (FACS) was prepared to enhance its wound repair capability. In vivo wound healing experiment confirmed the reparative efficacy of FACS.
    [Advanced Science]

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    Laminin-Augmented Decellularized Extracellular Matrix Ameliorating Neural Differentiation and Neuroinflammation in Human Mini-Brains

    Investigators demonstrated that the laminin-augmented porcine brain-decellularized ECM was xenogeneic factor-depleted as well as favorable for the regulation of human neurons, astrocytes, and microglia.
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    Multiomics Analysis of Cultured Mouse Periodontal Ligament Cell-Derived Extracellular Matrix

    Scientists analyzed cultured mouse periodontal ligament cell (PDLC)-derived ECM and compared it to mouse PDL tissue. Proteomic analysis revealed that the cultured PDLC-derived ECM had lower proportions of fibrillar collagens with increased levels of glycoprotein, corresponding to an immature ECM status.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Leader Cells Mechanically Respond to Aligned Collagen Architecture to Direct Collective Migration

    Researchers investigated the effect of organized collagen matrix fibers on leader cell mechanics and demonstrated that leader cells protruded along aligned fibers resulting in an elongated phenotype of the entire cluster.
    [PLOS One]

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    Inhibition of Integrin-Associated Kinases FAK and ILK on the In Vitro Model of Skin Wound Healing

    Since the connection between cells and matrix was provided by transmembrane integrin receptors, scientists aimed at studying the dynamics of signaling pathways associated with integrins on an in vitro model of wound healing using human skin fibroblasts.
    [Applied Biochemistry And Biotechnology]

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    REVIEWS

    Advances in Targeting the Extracellular Matrix for Glaucoma Therapy: Current Updates

    The authors discuss the complex process of ECM regulation in trabecula meshwork (TM) and explore promising therapeutic targets. The role of transforming growth factor-β as a central player in ECM deposition in TM is discussed.
    [Expert Opinion On Therapeutic Targets]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Sanara MedTech Inc. Announces Exclusive License Agreement for Patented Collagen Peptides

    Sanara MedTech Inc. announced that it has signed an exclusive license agreement with Tufts University to develop and commercialize patented technology covering 18 unique collagen peptides.
    [Sanara Medtech, Inc.]

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