Stem cells differentiation into insulin-producing cells (IPCs): recent advances and current challenges

IBB Silva, CH Kimura, VP Colantoni… - Stem cell research & …, 2022 - Springer
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a chronic disease characterized by an autoimmune
destruction of insulin-producing β-pancreatic cells. Although many advances have been …

Stem cell therapy for diabetes: beta cells versus pancreatic progenitors

B Memon, EM Abdelalim - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most prevalent metabolic disorders. In order to replace
the function of the destroyed pancreatic beta cells in diabetes, islet transplantation is the …

ALS disrupts spinal motor neuron maturation and aging pathways within gene co-expression networks

R Ho, S Sances, G Gowing, MW Amoroso… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Modeling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with human induced pluripotent stem cells
(iPSCs) aims to reenact embryogenesis, maturation and aging of spinal motor neurons …

Screening identifies small molecules that enhance the maturation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived myotubes

S Selvaraj, R Mondragon-Gonzalez, B Xu, A Magli… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Targeted differentiation of pluripotent stem (PS) cells into myotubes enables in vitro disease
modeling of skeletal muscle diseases. Although various protocols achieve myogenic …

Enhanced differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into pancreatic progenitors co-expressing PDX1 and NKX6. 1

B Memon, M Karam, S Al-Khawaga… - Stem cell research & …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Pancreatic progenitors (PPs) co-expressing the two transcription
factors (TFs) PDX1 and NKX6. 1 are recognized as the indispensable precursors of …

Urine-derived cells for human cell therapy

N Pavathuparambil Abdul Manaph… - Stem cell research & …, 2018 - Springer
Desirable cells for human cell therapy would be ones that can be generated by simple
isolation and culture techniques using a donor sample obtained by non-invasive methods …

Regenerative applications using tooth derived stem cells in other than tooth regeneration: a literature review

YJ Park, S Cha, YS Park - Stem Cells International, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Tooth derived stem cells or dental stem cells are categorized according to the location from
which they are isolated and represent a promising source of cells for regenerative medicine …

Development of an encapsulated stem cell-based therapy for diabetes

AA Tomei, C Villa, C Ricordi - Expert opinion on biological therapy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Islet transplantation can treat the most severe cases of type 1 diabetes but it
currently requires deceased donor pancreata as an islet source and chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Urine: Useless or useful “waste”?

TO Ajiboye, OD Ogunbiyi, EO Omotola… - Results in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Large volume of urine is continuously released into the environment by both humans and
animals, and impacts negatively on the environment and ultimately on humans and animals' …

Pathways governing development of stem cell‐derived pancreatic β cells: lessons from embryogenesis

S Al‐Khawaga, B Memon, AE Butler… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The loss of functional β cells leads to development of diabetes. Several studies have shown
that β cells are specified through several stages of progenitors during pancreas …