Protein post-translational modifications and regulation of pluripotency in human stem cells

YC Wang, SE Peterson, JF Loring - Cell research, 2014 - nature.com
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are known to be essential mechanisms used by
eukaryotic cells to diversify their protein functions and dynamically coordinate their signaling …

Trends in regenerative medicine: repigmentation in vitiligo through melanocyte stem cell mobilization

SA Birlea, GE Costin, DR Roop… - Medicinal research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Vitiligo is the most frequent human pigmentary disorder, characterized by progressive
autoimmune destruction of mature epidermal melanocytes. Of the current treatments offering …

Melanin transfer in human 3D skin equivalents generated exclusively from induced pluripotent stem cells

K Gledhill, Z Guo, N Umegaki-Arao, CA Higgins, M Itoh… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The current utility of 3D skin equivalents is limited by the fact that existing models fail to
recapitulate the cellular complexity of human skin. They often contain few cell types and no …

Glycosyltransferase ST6GAL1 contributes to the regulation of pluripotency in human pluripotent stem cells

YC Wang, JW Stein, CL Lynch, HT Tran, CY Lee… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Many studies have suggested the significance of glycosyltransferase-mediated
macromolecule glycosylation in the regulation of pluripotent states in human pluripotent …

SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 display limited neuronal infection and lack the ability to transmit within synaptically connected axons in stem cell–derived human …

JM Luczo, SJ Edwards, K Ardipradja, WW Suen… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Sarbecoviruses such as SARS and SARS-CoV-2 have been responsible for two major
outbreaks in humans, the latter resulting in a global pandemic. While sarbecoviruses …

Three-dimensional differentiation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived neural precursor cells using tailored porous polymer scaffolds

AR Murphy, JM Haynes, AL Laslett, NR Cameron… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the utility of a tailored poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate-crosslinked
porous polymeric tissue engineering scaffold, with mechanical properties specifically …

Therapeutic potential of patient iPSC-derived iMelanocytes in autologous transplantation

LP Liu, YM Li, NN Guo, S Li, X Ma, YX Zhang, Y Gao… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are a promising melanocyte source as they
propagate indefinitely and can be established from patients. However, the in vivo functions …

Inducing pluripotency in vitro: recent advances and highlights in induced pluripotent stem cells generation and pluripotency reprogramming

IK Rony, A Baten, JA Bloomfield, ME Islam… - Cell …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC s) are considered patient‐specific counterparts of
embryonic stem cells as they originate from somatic cells after forced expression of …

Understanding melanocyte stem cells for disease modeling and regenerative medicine applications

AN Mull, A Zolekar, YC Wang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
Melanocytes in the skin play an indispensable role in the pigmentation of skin and its
appendages. It is well known that the embryonic origin of melanocytes is neural crest cells …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced therapy medicinal products in vitiligo; current status, future prospect, and approved treatments

S Ghashghaei, M Abbaszadeh, S Karimi… - Cell Journal …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vitiligo is an auto-immune disease, causing depigmentation of skin in 0.2-1.8% of global
population. Topical corticosteroids and calcineurin inhibitors are the only treatments with …