Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)—roles in regenerative therapies, disease modelling and drug screening

MAM Aboul-Soud, AJ Alzahrani, A Mahmoud - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) has made an invaluable contribution
to the field of regenerative medicine, paving way for identifying the true potential of human …

Stem cells for cancer therapy: translating the uncertainties and possibilities of stem cell properties into opportunities for effective cancer therapy

AF Aldoghachi, ZX Chong, SK Yeap… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer recurrence and drug resistance following treatment, as well as metastatic forms of
cancer, are trends that are commonly encountered in cancer management. Amidst the …

Hereditary retinoblastoma iPSC model reveals aberrant spliceosome function driving bone malignancies

J Tu, Z Huo, Y Yu, D Zhu, A Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The RB1 gene is frequently mutated in human cancers but its role in tumorigenesis remains
incompletely defined. Using an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) model of hereditary …

Li–Fraumeni syndrome–associated dimer-forming mutant p53 promotes transactivation-independent mitochondrial cell death

JH Choe, T Kawase, A Xu, A Guzman, AZ Obradovic… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Cancer-relevant mutations in the oligomerization domain (OD) of the p53 tumor suppressor
protein, unlike those in the DNA binding domain, have not been well elucidated. Here, we …

Oncogenic role of SFRP2 in p53-mutant osteosarcoma development via autocrine and paracrine mechanism

H Kim, S Yoo, R Zhou, A Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Osteosarcoma (OS), the most common primary bone tumor, is highly metastatic with high
chemotherapeutic resistance and poor survival rates. Using induced pluripotent stem cells …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-derived iPSCs link elevated mitochondrial respiratory complex I function to osteosarcoma in Rothmund-Thomson syndrome

BE Jewell, A Xu, D Zhu, MF Huang, L Lu, M Liu… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder
characterized by poikiloderma, small stature, skeletal anomalies, sparse brows/lashes …

Systematic transcriptome profiling of hPSC-derived osteoblasts unveils CORIN's mastery in governing osteogenesis through CEBPD modulation

D Zhu, MF Huang, A Xu, X Gao, YW Huang… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - jbc.org
The commitment of stem cells to differentiate into osteoblasts is a highly regulated and
complex process that involves the coordination of extrinsic signals and intrinsic …

Preclinical models for the study of pediatric solid tumors: focus on bone sarcomas

DI Petrescu, JT Yustein, A Dasgupta - Frontiers in Oncology, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sarcomas comprise between 10–15% of all pediatric malignancies. Osteosarcoma and
Ewing sarcoma are the two most common pediatric bone tumors diagnosed in children and …

LncRNA H19 suppresses osteosarcomagenesis by regulating snoRNAs and DNA repair protein complexes

A Xu, MF Huang, D Zhu, JA Gingold, DA Bazer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Osteosarcoma is one of the most frequent common primary malignant tumors in childhood
and adolescence. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been reported to regulate the …

Unique transcriptional profiles underlie osteosarcomagenesis driven by different p53 mutants

D Chachad, LR Patel, CV Recio, R Pourebrahim… - Cancer research, 2023 - AACR
Missense mutations in the DNA binding domain of p53 are characterized as structural or
contact mutations based on their effect on the conformation of the protein. These mutations …