Intestinal Cell News Volume 7.10 | Mar 19 2021

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    Human Gastrointestinal Epithelia of the Esophagus, Stomach, and Duodenum Resolved at Single-Cell Resolution

    Scientists established organoid cultures from healthy esophageal biopsies and confirmed the esophageal origin of those organoids by qRT-PCR analysis of esophageal-specific gene expression.
    [Cell Reports]

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    The Role of PKM2 Nuclear Translocation in the Constant Activation of the NF-κB Signaling Pathway in Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts

    The authors showed that mesenchymal stem cells differentiated into cancer-associated fibroblasts, induced by the exosomes derived from gastric cancer cells.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    Comparative Analysis of Patient-Matched PDOs Revealed a Reduction in OLFM4-Associated Clusters in Metastatic Lesions in Colorectal Cancer

    Combined bulk transcriptomic and single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis revealed decreased gene expression of markers for differentiated cells in patient-derived organoids derived from metastatic lesions.
    [Stem Cell Reports]

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    Differential Protection by Anthocyanin-Rich Bilberry Extract and Resveratrol against Lipid Micelle-Induced Oxidative Stress and Monolayer Permeability in Caco-2 Intestinal Epithelial Cells

    In a Caco-2 cell model of dietary fat-induced intestinal epithelial cell cytotoxicity, oxidative stress and barrier impairment, researchers investigated the relative protection afforded by an anthocyanin-rich bilberry extract or resveratrol.
    [Food & Function]

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    Restitution of Epithelial Cells during Intestinal Mucosal Wound Healing: The Effect of a Polysaccharide from the Sclerotium of Lignosus rhinocerotis (Cooke) Ryvarden

    Researchers investigated the effect and mechanism of β-glucan prepared from Lignosus rhinocerotis using an enzymatic method on epithelial restitution during intestinal mucosal damage.
    [Journal of Ethnopharmacology]

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    Anthraquinone Derivative C10 Inhibits Proliferation and Cell Cycle Progression in Colon Cancer Cells via the Jak2/Stat3 Signaling Pathway

    C10 significantly inhibited the proliferation of HCT116 and HT29 colon cancer cells by blocking the cell cycle at the G2/M phase.
    [Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology]

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    Tectoridin Inhibits the Progression of Colon Cancer through Downregulating PKC/p38 MAPK Pathway

    Colon cancer cell lines were treated with different doses of tectoridin. Then, CCK8 and clone formation experiments were performed to detect cell proliferation.
    [Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry]

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    Anti-Cancer Effects of Polyphenol-Rich Sugarcane Extract

    Investigators showed that polyphenol-rich sugarcane extract exerted anti-cancer properties on a range of cancer cells including human and mouse colon cancer cells lines; human lung cancer, human ovarian cancer, pro-monocytic human leukemia and mouse melanoma cell lines.
    [PLoS One]

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    The Effect of hsa-miR-451b Knockdown on Biological Functions of Gastric Cancer Stem-Like Cells

    Gastric cancer stem-like cells were transfected by hsa-miR-451b inhibitor then researchers used real-time RT-PCR to evaluate its effect on the expression of hsa-miR-451b and two of its direct target genes, stemness markers such as KLF4, SOX2, CD44, OCT3/4 and NANOG genes.
    [Biochemical Genetics]

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    REVIEWS

    Location Is Important: Differentiation between Ileal and Colonic Crohn’s Disease

    Scientists give an overview of the differentiation between ileal and colonic Crohn’s disease using data in the context of epidemiology, genetics, macroscopic differences such as creeping fat and histological findings.
    [Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology]

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    CXCL8 Chemokine in Ulcerative Colitis

    The authors analyzed the CXCL8-CXCR1/2 axis related signaling pathways and ncRNAs in ulcerative colitis (UC), as well as recent advances in the understanding of the CXCL8-CXCR1/2 axis inhibition as a therapeutic strategy against UC.
    [Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Emulate Launches Colon Intestine-Chip to Advance Research of Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases

    Emulate, Inc., launched the Emulate Colon Intestine-Chip for researchers investigating inflammatory intestinal diseases, which will allow researchers to recapitulate specific human colon cell functionality, gain a greater understanding of mechanisms of inflammation, and investigate potential drug targets.
    [Emulate, Inc.]

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    Anokion Announces Initiation of Multiple-Ascending Dose Portion of its Phase I Clinical Trial with KAN-101 for the Treatment of Celiac Disease

    Anokion SA announced that the company has initiated patient dosing in the multiple ascending dose portion of its Assessment of KAN-101 in Celiac Disease disease, a Phase I clinical trial evaluating KAN-101 for the treatment of individuals with celiac disease.
    [Anokion SA]

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