Intestinal Cell News Volume 7.14 | Apr 23 2021

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    Vol. 7.14 – 23 April, 2021
    TOP STORY

    An Intercrypt Subpopulation of Goblet Cells Is Essential for Colonic Mucus Barrier Function

    Researchers characterized intestinal goblet cells (GCs) expression diversity and defined how a specific GC subtype, localized in the intercrypt surface epithelium, functionally contributed to the formation of the mucus barrier.
    [Science]

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    Immunofluorescence image of adult stem cell-derived intestinal organoids.
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    GOLM1 Restricts Colitis and Colon Tumorigenesis by Ensuring Notch Signaling Equilibrium in Intestinal Homeostasis

    Scientists found that that Golgi membrane protein 1 (GOLM1) suppressed colorectal tumorigenesis via maintenance of intestinal epithelial barrier.
    [Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy]

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    Epigenomic Landscape of Human Colorectal Cancer Unveils an Aberrant Core of Pan-Cancer Enhancers Orchestrated by YAP/TAZ

    The authors epigenetically characterized human colorectal cancer using de novo chromatin state discovery on a library of different patient-derived organoids.
    [Nature Communications]

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    High-Content, Targeted RNA-Seq Screening in Organoids for Drug Discovery in Colorectal Cancer

    Investigators developed targeted organoid sequencing (TORNADO-seq), a high-throughput, high-content drug discovery platform that uses targeted RNA-seq to monitor the expression of large gene signatures for the detailed evaluation of cellular phenotypes in organoids.
    [Cell Reports]

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    Anti-Proliferative and Apoptotic Effect of Gemini Curcumin in p53-Wild Type and p53-Mutant Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines

    The toxicity of Gemini-Cur on HT-29 and HCT116 was studied through MTT, uptake kinetics, fluorescence microscopy, annexin V/FITC, and cell cycle assays.
    [International Journal of Pharmaceutics]

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    Lgals3bp Suppresses Colon Inflammation and Tumorigenesis through the Downregulation of TAK1-NF-κB Signaling

    Galectin 3-binding protein (Lgals3bp) suppressed NF-κB through the downregulation of TAK1 in colon epithelial cells.
    [Cell Death Discovery]

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    Interleukin-37 Regulates Innate Immune Signaling in Human and Mouse Colonic Organoids

    Scientists characterized innate immune responses of human and murine colonoids to bacteria and host products and the role of IL-37/single Ig IL-1 related receptor in regulating these responses.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    miR-1253, a Novel Tumor Suppressor Gene in Colon Cancer, Is Associated with Poor Patients Prognosis

    The clinical significance and biological function of miR-1253 in the development of colon cancer was investigated. The expression of miR-1253 was identified in colon cancer tissues and cell lines by qRT-PCR.
    [Clinical and Experimental Medicine]

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    TrkB/C-Induced HOXC6 Activation Enhances the ADAM8-Mediated Metastasis of Chemoresistant Colon Cancer Cells

    Researchers investigated the association between tropomyosin receptor kinase (TrkB/C) with homeobox C6 (HOXC6) and a disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain‑containing 8 (ADAM8) in the induction of drug‑resistant colon cancer cell metastasis.
    [Molecular Medicine Reports]

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    Microscopy images of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) and PSC-derived cells for the #StemCellfie contest.
    REVIEWS

    Mucin Expression, Epigenetic Regulation and Patient Survival: A Toolkit of Prognostic Biomarkers in Epithelial Cancers

    Scientists discuss the link between mucin expression patterns and patient survival and propose mucins as prognosis biomarkers of epithelial cancers.
    [Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews On Cancer]

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    Epithelial Sensing of Microbiota-Derived Signals

    The authors highlight the pathways by which intestinal epithelial cells sense microbiota-derived signals and the necessity of these detection pathways in maintaining epithelial barrier integrity.
    [Genes & Immunity]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    US Food and Drug Administration Approves Opdivo® (Nivolumab) in Combination with Chemotherapy for Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Gastric Cancer, Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer, and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

    Bristol Myers Squibb announced that Opdivo, in combination with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy, was approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic gastric cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer, and esophageal adenocarcinoma, regardless of PD-L1 expression status.
    [Bristol Myers Squibb]

    Press Release

    U of T Scientist Receives Gairdner International Award for Metabolism Research

    A scientist at the University of Toronto (U of T) has been jointly awarded a 2021 Canada Gairdner International Award for research that has helped revolutionize treatments for type 2 diabetes, obesity and intestinal disorders.
    [University of Toronto]

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    Research Center for Molecular Medicine – Vienna, Austria

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    Columbia University Medical Center – New York, New York, United States

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    Emory University – Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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    Technische Universität Dresden – Dresden, Germany

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