Structurally dynamic hydrogels for biomedical applications: pursuing a fine balance between macroscopic stability and microscopic dynamics

K Zhang, Q Feng, Z Fang, L Gu, L Bian - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Owing to their unique chemical and physical properties, hydrogels are attracting increasing
attention in both basic and translational biomedical studies. Although the classical hydrogels …

Hallmarks of health

C López-Otín, G Kroemer - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Health is usually defined as the absence of pathology. Here, we endeavor to define health
as a compendium of organizational and dynamic features that maintain physiology. The …

Six shades of vascular smooth muscle cells illuminated by KLF4 (Krüppel-Like Factor 4)

C Yap, A Mieremet, CJM de Vries, D Micha… - … , and vascular biology, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Multiple layers of vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs) are present in blood vessels
forming the media of the vessel wall. vSMCs provide a vessel wall structure, enabling it to …

The potential for microRNA therapeutics and clinical research

J Hanna, GS Hossain, J Kocerha - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
As FDA-approved small RNA drugs start to enter clinical medicine, ongoing studies for the
microRNA (miRNA) class of small RNAs expand its preclinical and clinical research …

Stem cell-derived exosomes: emerging therapeutic opportunities for wound healing

C Zhou, B Zhang, Y Yang, Q Jiang, T Li, J Gong… - Stem cell research & …, 2023 - Springer
Wound healing is a dynamic and highly sequential process involving a series of overlapping
spatial and temporal phases, including hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and tissue …

Current challenges of iPSC-based disease modeling and therapeutic implications

MX Doss, A Sachinidis - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based disease modelling and the cell replacement
therapy approach have proven to be very powerful and instrumental in biomedical research …

Impact of cryopreservation and freeze-thawing on therapeutic properties of mesenchymal stromal/stem cells and other common cellular therapeutics

C Cottle, AP Porter, A Lipat, C Turner-Lyles… - Current stem cell …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cryopreservation and its associated freezing and thawing
procedures–short “freeze-thawing”–are among the final steps in economically viable …

Liver organ-on-chip models for toxicity studies and risk assessment

T Messelmani, L Morisseau, Y Sakai, C Legallais… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The liver is a key organ that plays a pivotal role in metabolism and ensures a variety of
functions in the body, including homeostasis, synthesis of essential components, nutrient …

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1

DJ Klionsky, AK Abdel-Aziz, S Abdelfatah, M Abdellatif… - autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy.
Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered …

Dynamics and competition of CRISPR–Cas9 ribonucleoproteins and AAV donor-mediated NHEJ, MMEJ and HDR editing

YW Fu, XY Dai, WT Wang, ZX Yang… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Investigations of CRISPR gene knockout editing profiles have contributed to enhanced
precision of editing outcomes. However, for homology-directed repair (HDR) in particular …