The pentose phosphate pathway in health and disease

T TeSlaa, M Ralser, J Fan, JD Rabinowitz - Nature metabolism, 2023 - nature.com
The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a glucose-oxidizing pathway that runs in parallel
to upper glycolysis to produce ribose 5-phosphate and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide …

Induced pluripotent stem cells and their use in human models of disease and development

P Karagiannis, K Takahashi, M Saito… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
The discovery of somatic cell nuclear transfer proved that somatic cells can carry the same
genetic code as the zygote, and that activating parts of this code are sufficient to reprogram …

[HTML][HTML] The complement system drives local inflammatory tissue priming by metabolic reprogramming of synovial fibroblasts

J Friščić, M Böttcher, C Reinwald, H Bruns, B Wirth… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Arthritis typically involves recurrence and progressive worsening at specific predilection
sites, but the checkpoints between remission and persistence remain unknown. Here, we …

NAD+ repletion improves mitochondrial and stem cell function and enhances life span in mice

H Zhang, D Ryu, Y Wu, K Gariani, X Wang, P Luan… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Adult stem cells (SCs) are essential for tissue maintenance and regeneration yet are
susceptible to senescence during aging. We demonstrate the importance of the amount of …

Hepatic cytochrome P450 8B1 and cholic acid potentiate intestinal epithelial injury in colitis by suppressing intestinal stem cell renewal

L Chen, T Jiao, W Liu, Y Luo, J Wang, X Guo, X Tong… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although disrupted bile acid (BA) homeostasis is implicated in inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD), the role of hepatic BA metabolism in the pathogenesis of colitis is poorly understood …

Expansion of primitive human hematopoietic stem cells by culture in a zwitterionic hydrogel

T Bai, J Li, A Sinclair, S Imren, F Merriam, F Sun… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
The ability to expand hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) ex vivo is critical to
fully realize the potential of HSPC-based therapies. In particular, the application of clinically …

Hallmarks of cancer stem cell metabolism

P Sancho, D Barneda, C Heeschen - British journal of cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Cancer cells adapt cellular metabolism to cope with their high proliferation rate. Instead of
primarily using oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), cancer cells use less efficient …

MYCN function in neuroblastoma development

J Otte, C Dyberg, A Pepich, JI Johnsen - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dysregulated expression of the transcription factor MYCN is frequently detected in nervous
system tumors such as childhood neuroblastoma. Here, gene amplification of MYCN is a …

Metabolic determination of cell fate through selective inheritance of mitochondria

J Döhla, E Kuuluvainen, N Gebert, A Amaral… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic characteristics of adult stem cells are distinct from their differentiated progeny, and
cellular metabolism is emerging as a potential driver of cell fate conversions,,–. How these …

Stem cells and the impact of ROS signaling

CL Bigarella, R Liang, S Ghaffari - Development, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
An appropriate balance between self-renewal and differentiation is crucial for stem cell
function during both early development and tissue homeostasis throughout life. Recent …