Hydrogel crosslinking modulates macrophages, fibroblasts, and their communication, during wound healing

S Butenko, RR Nagalla, CF Guerrero-Juarez… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Biomaterial wound dressings, such as hydrogels, interact with host cells to regulate tissue
repair. This study investigates how crosslinking of gelatin-based hydrogels influences …

Exploiting temporal aspects of cancer immunotherapy

RM Zemek, V Anagnostou, I Pires da Silva… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Many mechanisms underlying an effective immunotherapy-induced antitumour response are
transient and critically time dependent. This is equally true for several immunological events …

Distinct tumor architectures and microenvironments for the initiation of breast cancer metastasis in the brain

S Gan, DG Macalinao, SH Shahoei, L Tian, X Jin… - Cancer cell, 2024 - cell.com
Brain metastasis, a serious complication of cancer, hinges on the initial survival,
microenvironment adaptation, and outgrowth of disseminated cancer cells. To understand …

Targeting CD206+ macrophages disrupts the establishment of a key antitumor immune axis

A Ray, KH Hu, K Kersten, T Courau, NF Kuhn… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
CD206 is a common marker of a putative immunosuppressive “M2” state in tumor-
associated macrophages (TAMs). We made a novel conditional CD206 (Mrc1) knock-in …

Skeletal muscle niche, at the crossroad of cell/cell communications

M Theret, B Chazaud - Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle is composed of a variety of tissue and non-tissue resident cells that
participate in homeostasis. In particular, the muscle stem cell niche is a dynamic system …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated single-cell analysis reveals spatially and temporally dynamic heterogeneity in fibroblast states during wound healing

AA Almet, Y Liu, Q Nie, MV Plikus - Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2024 - Elsevier
Wound healing is a dynamic process over temporal and spatial scales. Key to repair
outcomes are fibroblasts; yet, how they modulate healing across time and in different wound …

Serine protease 35 regulates the fibroblast matrisome in response to hyperosmotic stress

CS Sänger, M Cernakova, MS Wietecha… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Hyperosmotic stress occurs in several diseases, but its long-term effects are largely
unknown. We used sorbitol-treated human fibroblasts in 3D culture to study the …

Multimodal analyses of immune cells during bone repair identify macrophages as a therapeutic target in musculoskeletal trauma

Y Hachemi, S Perrin, M Ethel, A Julien, J Vettese… - Bone Research, 2024 - nature.com
Musculoskeletal traumatic injuries (MTI) involve soft tissue lesions adjacent to a bone
fracture leading to fibrous nonunion. The impact of MTI on the inflammatory response to …

[HTML][HTML] A nanoenzyme-modified hydrogel targets macrophage reprogramming-angiogenesis crosstalk to boost diabetic wound repair

S He, Z Li, L Wang, N Yao, H Wen, H Yuan, J Zhang… - Bioactive Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Diabetic wounds has a gradually increasing incidence and morbidity. Excessive
inflammation due to immune imbalance leads to delayed wound healing. Here, we reveal …

Spatiotemporal single-cell roadmap of human skin wound healing

Z Liu, X Bian, L Luo, ÅK Björklund, L Li, L Zhang… - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Wound healing is vital for human health, yet the details of cellular dynamics and
coordination in human wound repair remain largely unexplored. To address this, we …