Novel Method of Differentiating Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells To Mature Cardiomyocytes via Sfrp2
Scientists investigated if Sfrp2 would drive differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells into cardiomyocytes, and found that Sfrp2 induced robust cardiac differentiation.
[89bio, Inc.] 89bio, Inc. announced positive topline data from the Phase IIb ENLIVEN trial evaluating treatment with pegozafermin in patients with NASH. In the study, both the 44mg Q2W and 30mg QW doses met, with high statistical significance.
[Communications Biology] The expression of myocardial infarction-associated transcript (MIAT) was up-regulated during liver fibrosis. Silencing MIAT led to the suppression of hepatic stellate cell proliferation and collagen expression.
[EMBO Molecular Medicine] WD-repeat 6 (WDR6) deficiency in hepa1-6 cells drastically inhibited the growth and lung metastasis of orthotopically implanted tumors in immune-competent C57BL/6J mice.