The biological applications of DNA nanomaterials: current challenges and future directions

W Ma, Y Zhan, Y Zhang, C Mao, X Xie… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA, a genetic material, has been employed in different scientific directions for various
biological applications as driven by DNA nanotechnology in the past decades, including …

Direct cell reprogramming: approaches, mechanisms and progress

H Wang, Y Yang, J Liu, L Qian - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
The reprogramming of somatic cells with defined factors, which converts cells from one
lineage into cells of another, has greatly reshaped our traditional views on cell identity and …

Advances in pluripotent stem cells: history, mechanisms, technologies, and applications

G Liu, BT David, M Trawczynski, RG Fessler - Stem cell reviews and …, 2020 - Springer
Over the past 20 years, and particularly in the last decade, significant developmental
milestones have driven basic, translational, and clinical advances in the field of stem cell …

A comprehensive review on barium titanate nanoparticles as a persuasive piezoelectric material for biomedical applications: prospects and challenges

A Sood, M Desseigne, A Dev, L Maurizi, A Kumar… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stimulation of cells with electrical cues is an imperative approach to interact with biological
systems and has been exploited in clinical practices over a wide range of pathological …

Properties and functions of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in myocardial infarction

H Venugopal, A Hanna, C Humeres, NG Frangogiannis - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The adult mammalian heart contains abundant interstitial and perivascular fibroblasts that
expand following injury and play a reparative role but also contribute to maladaptive fibrotic …

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 …

Specialized fibroblast differentiated states underlie scar formation in the infarcted mouse heart

X Fu, H Khalil, O Kanisicak, JG Boyer… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Fibroblasts are a dynamic cell type that achieve selective differentiated states to mediate
acute wound healing and long-term tissue remodeling with scarring. With myocardial …

Viral vectors in gene therapy: Where do we stand in 2023?

K Lundstrom - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Viral vectors have been used for a broad spectrum of gene therapy for both acute and
chronic diseases. In the context of cancer gene therapy, viral vectors expressing anti-tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of cell cycle to stimulate adult cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac regeneration

TMA Mohamed, YS Ang, E Radzinsky, P Zhou… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Human diseases are often caused by loss of somatic cells that are incapable of re-entering
the cell cycle for regenerative repair. Here, we report a combination of cell-cycle regulators …

Cardiac fibrosis: the fibroblast awakens

JG Travers, FA Kamal, J Robbins, KE Yutzey… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Myocardial fibrosis is a significant global health problem associated with nearly all forms of
heart disease. Cardiac fibroblasts comprise an essential cell type in the heart that is …