Activation of fetal-like molecular programs during regeneration in the intestine and beyond

S Viragova, D Li, OD Klein - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Tissue regeneration after damage is generally thought to involve the mobilization of adult
stem cells that divide and differentiate into progressively specialized progeny. However …

Clusterin: a marker and mediator of chemoresistance in colorectal cancer

S Hlavca, WH Chan, RM Engel, HE Abud - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2024 - Springer
Intra-tumoural heterogeneity and cancer cell plasticity in colorectal cancer (CRC) have been
key challenges to effective treatment for patients. It has been suggested that a subpopulation …

Region-specific cellular and molecular basis of liver regeneration after acute pericentral injury

S Wang, X Wang, Y Shan, Z Tan, Y Su, Y Cao, S Wang… - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Liver injuries often occur in a zonated manner. However, detailed regenerative responses to
such zonal injuries at cellular and molecular levels remain largely elusive. By using a fate …

p53 promotes revival stem cells in the regenerating intestine after severe radiation injury

C Morral, A Ayyaz, HC Kuo, M Fink… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ionizing radiation induces cell death in the gastrointestinal (GI) epithelium by activating p53.
However, p53 also prevents animal lethality caused by radiation-induced acute GI …

The receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPRK promotes intestinal repair and catalysis-independent tumour suppression

KA Young, K Wojdyla, T Lai… - Journal of Cell …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT PTPRK is a receptor tyrosine phosphatase that is linked to the regulation of
growth factor signalling and tumour suppression. It is stabilized at the plasma membrane by …

Chromatin remodelling in damaged intestinal crypts orchestrates redundant TGFβ and Hippo signalling to drive regeneration

M Fink, K Njah, SJ Patel, DP Cook, V Man, F Ruso… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Cell state dynamics underlying successful tissue regeneration are undercharacterized. In
the intestine, damage prompts epithelial reprogramming into revival stem cells (revSCs) that …

Dynamics and plasticity of stem cells in the regenerating human colonic epithelium

KC Oost, M Kahnwald, S Barbiero, G de Medeiros… - biorxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The human intestinal epithelium is a tissue with rapid turnover. Its complex regenerative
process and differentiation trajectories have been challenging to study due to its …

Dark force rising: Reawakening and targeting of fetal-like stem cells in colorectal cancer

SK Fey, N Vaquero-Siguero, R Jackstadt - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Stem cells play pivotal roles in maintaining intestinal homeostasis, orchestrating
regeneration, and in key steps of colorectal cancer (CRC) initiation and progression …

Critical role of thrombospondin-1 in promoting intestinal mucosal wound repair

ZS Wilson, A Raya-Sandino, J Miranda, S Fan… - JCI …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) is a matricellular protein associated with the regulation of cell
migration through direct binding interactions with integrin proteins and by associating with …

Cell cycle heterogeneity and plasticity of colorectal cancer stem cells

T Higa, KI Nakayama - Cancer Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a long‐lived and self‐renewing cancer cell population that
drives tumor propagation and maintains cancer heterogeneity. They are also implicated in …