Ageing and rejuvenation of tissue stem cells and their niches

A Brunet, MA Goodell, TA Rando - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Most adult organs contain regenerative stem cells, often organized in specific niches. Stem
cell function is critical for tissue homeostasis and repair upon injury, and it is dependent on …

Reassessing human adipose tissue

AM Cypess - New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Reassessing Human Adipose Tissue Adipose tissue can more than double in mass and
then return to baseline. This review discusses the functional roles of human white and brown …

The total mass, number, and distribution of immune cells in the human body

R Sender, Y Weiss, Y Navon, I Milo… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The immune system is a complex network of cells with critical functions in health and
disease. However, a comprehensive census of the cells comprising the immune system is …

Spatial biology of cancer evolution

Z Seferbekova, A Lomakin, LR Yates… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The natural history of cancers can be understood through the lens of evolution given that the
driving forces of cancer development are mutation and selection of fitter clones. Cancer …

Mapping the proteo-genomic convergence of human diseases

M Pietzner, E Wheeler, J Carrasco-Zanini, A Cortes… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Proteins are essential functional units of the human body and represent
the largest class of drug targets. RATIONALE Broad-capture proteomics has the potential to …

The total number and mass of SARS-CoV-2 virions

R Sender, YM Bar-On, S Gleizer… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Quantitatively describing the time course of the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection within an infected individual is important for …

Mucosa-interfacing electronics

K Nan, VR Feig, B Ying, JG Howarth, Z Kang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The surface mucosa that lines many of our organs houses myriad biometric signals and,
therefore, has great potential as a sensor–tissue interface for high-fidelity and long-term …

The origin of highly elevated cell-free DNA in healthy individuals and patients with pancreatic, colorectal, lung, or ovarian cancer

AK Mattox, C Douville, Y Wang, M Popoli, J Ptak… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) concentrations from patients with cancer are often elevated
compared with those of healthy controls, but the sources of this extra cfDNA have never …

Inflammation as a regulator of hematopoietic stem cell function in disease, aging, and clonal selection

F Caiado, EM Pietras, MG Manz - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2021 - rupress.org
Inflammation is an evolutionarily selected defense response to infection or tissue damage
that involves activation and consumption of immune cells in order to reestablish and …

Monitoring and adapting cancer treatment using circulating tumor DNA kinetics: Current research, opportunities, and challenges

E Sanz-Garcia, E Zhao, SV Bratman, LL Siu - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has emerged as a biomarker with wide-ranging applications
in cancer management. While its role in guiding precision medicine in certain tumors via …