Non-human primate pluripotent stem cells for the preclinical testing of regenerative therapies

I Rodríguez-Polo, R Behr - Neural Regeneration Research, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Non-human primates play a key role in the preclinical validation of pluripotent stem cell-
based cell replacement therapies. Pluripotent stem cells used as advanced therapy medical …

Autonomy in the development of stem cell-derived embryoids: sprouting blastocyst-like cysts, and ethical implications

HW Denker - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The experimental production of complex structures resembling mammalian embryos (eg,
blastoids, gastruloids) from pluripotent stem cells in vitro has become a booming research …

Comprehensive chromatin proteomics resolves functional phases of pluripotency and identifies changes in regulatory components

E Ugur, A de la Porte, W Qin, S Bultmann… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The establishment of cellular identity is driven by transcriptional and epigenetic regulators of
the chromatin proteome-the chromatome. Comprehensive analyses of the chromatome …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of translational control and the emergence of genes and open reading frames in human and non-human primate hearts

J Ruiz-Orera, DC Miller, J Greiner, C Genehr… - Nature cardiovascular …, 2024 - nature.com
Evolutionary innovations can be driven by changes in the rates of RNA translation and the
emergence of new genes and small open reading frames (sORFs). In this study, we …

A non-invasive method to generate induced pluripotent stem cells from primate urine

J Geuder, LE Wange, A Janjic, J Radmer, P Janssen… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Comparing the molecular and cellular properties among primates is crucial to better
understand human evolution and biology. However, it is difficult or ethically impossible to …

A piggyBac-based platform for genome editing and clonal rhesus macaque iPSC line derivation

I Rodriguez-Polo, S Mißbach, S Petkov, F Mattern… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Non-human primates (NHPs) are, due to their close phylogenetic relationship to humans,
excellent animal models to study clinically relevant mutations. However, the toolbox for the …

Engineered heart muscle allografts for heart repair in primates and humans

AF Jebran, T Seidler, M Tiburcy, M Daskalaki… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
Cardiomyocytes can be implanted to remuscularize the failing heart,,,,,–. Challenges include
sufficient cardiomyocyte retention for a sustainable therapeutic impact without intolerable …

The cytokine receptor CRLF3 is a human neuroprotective EV-3 (Epo) receptor

DY Knorr, I Rodriguez Polo, HS Pies… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The evolutionary conserved orphan cytokine receptor-like factor 3 (CRLF3) has been
implicated in human disease, vertebrate hematopoiesis and insect neuroprotection. While its …

Macrophages derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) serve as a high-fidelity cellular model for investigating HIV-1, dengue, and influenza viruses

Q Yang, A Barbachano-Guerrero, LM Fairchild… - Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Macrophages are important target cells for diverse viruses and thus represent a valuable
system for studying virus biology. Isolation of primary human macrophages is done by …

Targeted microinjection and electroporation of primate cerebral organoids for genetic modification

L Tynianskaia, N Eşiyok, WB Huttner… - Journal of visualized …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The cerebral cortex is the outermost brain structure and is responsible for the processing of
sensory input and motor output; it is seen as the seat of higher-order cognitive abilities in …