CRISPR technologies for stem cell engineering and regenerative medicine

MN Hsu, YH Chang, VA Truong, PL Lai… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
CRISPR/Cas9 system exploits the concerted action of Cas9 nuclease and programmable
single guide RNA (sgRNA), and has been widely used for genome editing. The Cas9 …

CRISPR-Cas systems: ushering in the new genome editing era

F Perez Rojo, RKM Nyman, AAT Johnson… - …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years there has been great progress with the implementation and utilization of
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated …

CRISPR-engineered human brown-like adipocytes prevent diet-induced obesity and ameliorate metabolic syndrome in mice

CH Wang, M Lundh, A Fu, R Kriszt, TL Huang… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Brown and brown-like beige/brite adipocytes dissipate energy and have been proposed as
therapeutic targets to combat metabolic disorders. However, the therapeutic effects of cell …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiolipin synthesis in brown and beige fat mitochondria is essential for systemic energy homeostasis

EG Sustarsic, T Ma, MD Lynes, M Larsen, I Karavaeva… - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
Activation of energy expenditure in thermogenic fat is a promising strategy to improve
metabolic health, yet the dynamic processes that evoke this response are poorly …

Human thermogenic adipocyte regulation by the long noncoding RNA LINC00473

KV Tran, EL Brown, T DeSouza, NZ Jespersen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Human thermogenic adipose tissue mitigates metabolic disease, thus raising much interest
in understanding its development and function. Here, we show that human thermogenic …

Phosphoproteomics reveals rewiring of the insulin signaling network and multi-nodal defects in insulin resistance

DJ Fazakerley, J van Gerwen, KC Cooke… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The failure of metabolic tissues to appropriately respond to insulin (“insulin resistance”) is an
early marker in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Protein phosphorylation is central to the …

A fluorinated peptide with high serum-and lipid-tolerence for the delivery of siRNA drugs to treat obesity and metabolic dysfunction

J Qiu, Q Fan, S Xu, D Wang, J Chen, S Wang, T Hu… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Obesity is the major risk factor for metabolic diseases such as fatty liver, hyperlipidemia and
insulin resistance. Beige fat has been recognized as a therapeutic target considering its …

Perspectives on scaling production of adipose tissue for food applications

JSK Yuen Jr, AJ Stout, NS Kawecki, SM Letcher… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
With rising global demand for food proteins and significant environmental impact associated
with conventional animal agriculture, it is important to develop sustainable alternatives to …

Gene therapy based on mesenchymal stem cells derived from adipose tissue for the treatment of obesity and its metabolic complications

M Lopez-Yus, MP García-Sobreviela… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Obesity is a highly prevalent condition often associated with dysfunctional adipose tissue.
Stem cell-based therapies have become a promising tool for therapeutic intervention in the …

Unraveling Adipose Tissue Dysfunction: Molecular Mechanisms, Novel Biomarkers, and Therapeutic Targets for Liver Fat Deposition

M Lopez-Yus, C Hörndler, S Borlan, V Bernal-Monterde… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Adipose tissue (AT), once considered a mere fat storage organ, is now recognized as a
dynamic and complex entity crucial for regulating human physiology, including metabolic …