Neuroinflammation in animal models of traumatic brain injury

CC Chiu, YE Liao, LY Yang, JY Wang… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2016 - Elsevier
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide.
Neuroinflammation is prominent in the short and long-term consequences of neuronal …

CD44 integrates signaling in normal stem cell, cancer stem cell and (pre) metastatic niches

K Williams, K Motiani, PV Giridhar… - … biology and medicine, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The stem cell niche provides a regulatory microenvironment for cells as diverse as totipotent
embryonic stem cells to cancer stem cells (CSCs) which exhibit stem cell-like characteristics …

Connexins: key mediators of endocrine function

D Bosco, JA Haefliger, P Meda - Physiological reviews, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
The appearance of multicellular organisms imposed the development of several
mechanisms for cell-to-cell communication, whereby different types of cells coordinate their …

Enabling stem cell therapies through synthetic stem cell–niche engineering

R Peerani, PW Zandstra - The Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Enabling stem cell–targeted therapies requires an understanding of how to create local
microenvironments (niches) that stimulate endogenous stem cells or serve as a platform to …

New insights into biocompatible iron oxide nanoparticles: A potential booster of gene delivery to stem cells

T Zhang, Q Xu, T Huang, D Ling, J Gao - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Gene delivery to stem cells is a critical issue of stem cells‐based therapies, still facing
ongoing challenges regarding efficiency and safety. Recent advances in the controlled …

Slip chip device and methods

RF Ismagilov, W Du, L Li, F Shen, KPF Nichols… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
A device is described having a first surface having a plurality of first areas and a second
surface having a plurality of second areas. The first surface and the second surface are …

Single-cell level co-culture platform for intercellular communication

S Hong, Q Pan, LP Lee - Integrative biology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
A cell in vivo is part of a large, networked community. An individual cell's fate is strongly
influenced by its interactions with neighbouring cells. While this interaction has been …

[HTML][HTML] Neural differentiation from embryonic stem cells in vitro: An overview of the signaling pathways

JH Chuang, LC Tung, Y Lin - World Journal of Stem Cells, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neurons derived from embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have gained great merit in both basic
research and regenerative medicine. Here we review and summarize the signaling …

Traumatic white matter injury and glial activation: from basic science to clinics

Z Kou, PJ VandeVord - Glia, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
An improved understanding and characterization of glial activation and its relationship with
white matter injury will likely serve as a novel treatment target to curb post injury …

Stem cell niche: Dynamic neighbor of stem cells

A Singh, CB Yadav, N Tabassum, AK Bajpeyee… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Stem cell niche is a specialized and dynamic microenvironment around the stem cells which
plays a critical role in maintaining the stemness properties of stem cells. Over the years …