Mesenchymal Cell News Volume 13.40 | Oct 12 2021

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    Mesenchymal Cell News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 23.40 – 12 October, 2021
    TOP STORY

    Probing Multicellular Tissue Fusion of Cocultured Spheroids — A 3D-Bioassembly Model

    A facile 3D-bioassembly platform was introduced to primarily study fusion of cartilage–cartilage interfaces using spheroids formed from human MSCs and articular chondrocytes.
    [Advanced Science]

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    Survey results on the needs and challenges in the human pluripotent stem cell field
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    Endometrial Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells: The Enigma to Code Messages for Generation of Functionally Active Regulatory T Cells

    The effect of MSCs on proliferation of anti-CD3/CD28-stimulated T CD4+ cells and generation of regulatory T cels with or without pre-treatment with mitomycin C, IFN-γ and IL-1β was evaluated by flow cytometry.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    Transcriptomic Profiling and Functional Prediction Reveal Aberrant Expression of Circular RNAs during Osteogenic Differentiation in Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

    Investigators analyzed RNA-sequence data to reveal expression profiles of circular RNAs during osteogenesis of human umbilical cord MSCs, then elucidated the underlying mechanisms of action.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    The Role of miRNAs 340-5p, 92a-3p, and 381-3p in Patients with Endometriosis: A Plasma and Mesenchymal Stem-Like Cell Study

    Peripheral blood and endometrial (e)MSC specimens were collected from suspected women of endometriosis before laparoscopy. Total RNA was isolated from plasma and cultured eMSCs to synthesize complementary DNA.
    [Biomed Research International]

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    Additional Benefit of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy on Sepsis Syndrome-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Rat Treated with Antibiotic

    Scientists tested whether human induced-pluripotent stem-cell-derived MSCs would offer an additional benefit to the rodent with acute kidney injury associated sepsis syndrome undergoing ciprofloxacin therapy.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    Conquering the Cytokine Storm in COVID-19-Induced ARDS Using Placenta-Derived Decidua Stromal Cells

    Researchers conducted a safety and efficacy study that included ten patients with a median age of 50 years with COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
    [Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine]

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    Bone Marrow CD73+ Mesenchymal Stem Cells Display Increased Stemness In Vitro and Promote Fracture Healing In Vivo

    The authors showed that isolated CD73-EGFP+ MSCs displayed more pronounced stemness and stronger in vitro differentiation capacity into the osteogenic lineage compared to CD73-EGFP−MSCs.
    [Bone Reports]

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    Recellularization of Xenograft Heart Valves Reduces the Xenoreactive Immune Response in an In Vivo Rat Model

    Explanted aortic valve constructs from female Hartley guinea pigs were procured and decellularized, followed by recellularization with autologous Sprague-Dawley rat mesenchymal stem cells.
    [European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery]

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    H19 Overexpression Improved Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Ulcerative Colitis by Modulating the miR-141/ICAM-1 and miR-139/CXCR4 Axes

    Scientists treated ulcerative colitis animals with MSC preconditioned with or without H19 and compared the therapeutic effect of MSC and MSC-H19.
    [Disease Markers]

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

    Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Putative Microenvironmental Modulators Become Cell Therapy

    Investigators discuss potential mechanisms of action for the therapeutic effects of MSC transplantation, experimental models that dissect tissue modulating function of MSCs, and approaches for identifying MSC effects in vivo by integrating biomarkers of disease and MSC activity.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

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    Multipotent Stromal Cells: One Name, Multiple Identities

    Tissue-specific MSC identities, fates, and function(s) are being resolved through fate mapping coupled with single cell “omics,” providing unparalleled insights into the secret lives of tissue-resident MSCs.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

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    ASCs and Their Role in Obesity and Metabolic Diseases

    The authors discuss adiposopathy with a focus on adiponiche dysfunction, and underline the mechanisms that control adipose tissue expansion and energy balance.
    [Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Cynata Signs a Landmark New Strategic Partnership Agreement with Fujifilm

    Cynata Therapeutics Limited has entered into a new strategic partnership with Fujifilm Corporation which includes agreed core terms for Fujifilm to provide clinical & commercial manufacturing services for, as well as supply of, the vompany’s Cymerus™ therapeutic MSC products.
    [Kalkin Media]

    Press Release

    Whitehead Institute Member Pulin Li Receives NIH New Innovator Award

    Whitehead Institute Member Pulin Li has received a New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Li’s New Innovator Award will fund her investigations of how the different cell types in the body interact to form organs.
    [Whitehead Institute]

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