Mesenchymal stem cells and their exocytotic vesicles

H Cai, H Guo - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), as a kind of pluripotent stem cells, have attracted much
attention in orthopedic diseases, geriatric diseases, metabolic diseases, and sports …

Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells-a principal element for tumour microenvironment heterogeneity

L Sun, Y Yao - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The heterogeneity of the tumor microenvironment (TME) is a major obstacle in cancer
treatment, making most therapeutic interventions palliative rather than curative. Previous …

Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells rescue cartilage injury in osteoarthritis through Ferroptosis by GOT1/CCR2 expression

S Peng, C Sun, C Lai, L Zhang - International Immunopharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis is a prevalent joint disease that significantly affects the daily life of the elderly
and is one of the primary causes of disability in this population. This study aims to evaluate …

Inhibition of bone marrow-mesenchymal stem cell-induced carbonic anhydrase IX potentiates chemotherapy efficacy in triple-negative breast cancer cells

A Sarnella, Y Ferrara, S Albanese, D Omodei… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional chemotherapy represents the main systemic treatment used for triple-negative
breast cancer (TNBC) patients, although many of them develop drug resistance. The hypoxic …

Breast cancers that disseminate to bone marrow acquire aggressive phenotypes through CX43-related tumor-stroma tunnels

S Sinha, BW Callow, AP Farfel, S Roy, S Chen… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer commonly disseminates to bone marrow,
where interactions with mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) shape disease trajectory. We …

Regulation of iron metabolism and ferroptosis in cancer stem cells

H Wang, Z Zhang, S Ruan, Q Yan, Y Chen, J Cui… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The ability of cancer stem cells (CSCs) to self-renew, differentiate, and generate new tumors
is a significant contributor to drug resistance, relapse, and metastasis. Therefore, the …

Gastric cancer derived mesenchymal stem cells promoted DNA repair and cisplatin resistance through up-regulating PD-L1/Rad51 in gastric cancer

Q Wang, C Huang, D Wang, Z Tao, H Zhang, Y Zhao… - Cellular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemotherapy resistance in advanced gastric cancer (GC) patients has largely limited the
effectiveness of therapy, resulting in disease recurrence and poor prognosis. Gastric cancer …

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells combined with estrogen synergistically promote endometrial regeneration and reverse EMT via Wnt/β-catenin signaling …

L Yuan, J Cao, M Hu, D Xu, Y Li, S Zhao, J Yuan… - Reproductive Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Background Intrauterine adhesion (IUA) is a clinical disease characterized by the uterine
cavity occlusion caused by the damage of the endometrial basal layer. Bone marrow …

Endogenous extracellular matrix regulates the response of osteosarcoma 3D spheroids to doxorubicin

M Cortini, F Macchi, F Reggiani, E Vitale, MV Lipreri… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The pathogenesis of osteosarcoma relies on complex interactions
between developing cancer and surrounding tissue, which includes proteins of the …

Targeting iron to contrast cancer progression

E Tomat - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2023 - Elsevier
An altered metabolism of iron fuels cancer growth, invasion, metastasis, and recurrence.
Ongoing research in cancer biology is delineating a complex iron-trafficking program …