Muscle Cell News Volume 9.07 | Mar 04 2024

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    Muscle Cell News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 9.07 – 4 March, 2024
    TOP STORY

    Modifying miRs for Effective Reprogramming of Fibroblasts to Cardiomyocytes

    Researchers reported enhanced efficacy of our miR reprogramming cocktail miR combo, miR-1, miR-133a, miR-208a, and miR-499, via RNA-sensing receptor stimulation.
    [Molecular Therapy – Nucleic Acids]

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    A Genome-Wide CRISPR Screen Identifies BRD4 as a Regulator of Cardiomyocyte Differentiation

    The authors employed a genome-wide CRISPR screen in a human induced pluripotent stem cell to cardiomyocyte (CM) differentiation system and revealed that BRD4 regulated CM differentiation.
    [Nature Cardiovascular Research]

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    A Knock Down Strategy for Rapid, Generic, and Versatile Modeling of Muscular Dystrophies in 3D-Tissue-Engineered-Skeletal Muscle

    By combining 3D-tissue-engineered-skeletal muscles and shRNA technologies, researchers developed a disease modelling strategy to induce distinct genetic deficiencies in a single human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived myogenic progenitor cell line within one week.
    [Skeletal Muscle]

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    High-Dose Atorvastatin Therapy Progressively Decreases Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Respiratory Capacity in Humans

    Eight overweight but otherwise healthy sedentary adults were studied before and 14, 28, and 56 days after initiating atorvastatin therapy.
    [JCI Insight]

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    Circ_0004872 Deficiency Attenuates Ox-LDL-Induced Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Dysfunction by miR-424-5p-Dependent Regulation of FRS2

    Investigators elucidated the role of circ_0004872 and the potential mechanism in atherosclerosis. The level of circ_0004872, miR-424-5p, and fibroblast growth factor receptor substrate 2 (FRS2) was detected using qRT-PCR.
    [Molecular And Cellular Biochemistry]

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    A Novel Interaction Between Aquaporin 1 and Caspase-3 in Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells

    Scientists presented data that established a novel interaction between aquaporin-1 and the proteolytic enzyme caspase-3.
    [American Journal Of Physiology-Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology]

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    Mesenteric Artery Smooth Muscle Cells from Hypertensive Rats Have Increased Microtubule Acetylation

    Researchers determined the acetylated state of the microtubule network in the mesenteric arteries of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    [Biochemical Journal]

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    REVIEWS

    HDAC Inhibitors as Pharmacological Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Discovery Journey from Bench to Patients

    The authors describe the molecular, preclinical, and clinical evidence supporting the efficacy of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors in countering disease progression by targeting pathogenic networks of gene expression in multiple muscle-resident cell types of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    [Trends in Molecular Medicine]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    UCLA Samueli to Lead $4 Million Cell Research Project Funded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

    The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative today announced a $4 million grant to support research led by the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering that will examine cellular behaviors, many of which play a key role in developing immunity to pathogens and disease.
    [UCLA Samueli School of Engineering]

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    FEATURED EVENT

    46th JSTCT Annual Meeting (JSTCT2024) Japanese Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

    March 21 – 23, 2024
    Tokyo, Japan

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    JOB OPPORTUNITIES

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    Pennington Biomedical Research Center – Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

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    University of Southern California – Los Angeles, California, United States

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    Johns Hopkins Medicine Pathology – Baltimore, Maryland, United States

    Department Chair – Cell Biology and Human Anatomy

    UC Davis – Davis, California, United States

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    Baylor College of Medicine – Houston, Texas, United States

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