Advancing cell-based cancer immunotherapy through stem cell engineering

YR Li, ZS Dunn, Y Yu, M Li, P Wang, L Yang - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Advances in cell-based therapy, particularly CAR-T cell therapy, have transformed the
treatment of hematological malignancies. Although an important step forward for the field …

CRISPR-Cas-mediated transcriptional modulation: The therapeutic promises of CRISPRa and CRISPRi

L Bendixen, TI Jensen, RO Bak - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
The CRISPR-Cas system is commonly known for its ability to cleave DNA in a
programmable manner, which has democratized gene editing and facilitated recent …

Ferroptosis surveillance independent of GPX4 and differentially regulated by sex hormones

D Liang, Y Feng, F Zandkarimi, H Wang, Z Zhang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Ferroptosis, a cell death process driven by iron-dependent phospholipid peroxidation, has
been implicated in various diseases. There are two major surveillance mechanisms to …

[HTML][HTML] Massively parallel base editing to map variant effects in human hematopoiesis

JD Martin-Rufino, N Castano, M Pang, EI Grody… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Systematic evaluation of the impact of genetic variants is critical for the study and treatment
of human physiology and disease. While specific mutations can be introduced by genome …

The extracellular matrix integrates mitochondrial homeostasis

H Zhang, CK Tsui, G Garcia, LK Joe, H Wu, A Maruichi… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Cellular homeostasis is intricately influenced by stimuli from the microenvironment, including
signaling molecules, metabolites, and pathogens. Functioning as a signaling hub within the …

Pathogen-driven CRISPR screens identify TREX1 as a regulator of DNA self-sensing during influenza virus infection

CR King, Y Liu, KA Amato, GA Schaack, C Mickelson… - Cell host & …, 2023 - cell.com
Host: pathogen interactions dictate the outcome of infection, yet the limitations of current
approaches leave large regions of this interface unexplored. Here, we develop a novel …

[HTML][HTML] Stromal-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition induces targetable drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

CS Park, H Yoshihara, Q Gao, C Qu, I Iacobucci… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The bone marrow microenvironment (BME) drives drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (ALL) through leukemic cell interactions with bone marrow (BM) niches, but the …

The GIP receptor activates futile calcium cycling in white adipose tissue to increase energy expenditure and drive weight loss in mice

X Yu, S Chen, JB Funcke, LG Straub, V Pirro… - Cell Metabolism, 2025 - cell.com
Obesity is a chronic disease that contributes to the development of insulin resistance, type 2
diabetes (T2D), and cardiovascular risk. Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide …

LINE1 and PRC2 control nucleolar organization and repression of the 8C state in human ESCs

J Zhang, L Ataei, K Mittal, L Wu, L Caldwell, L Huynh… - Developmental Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The mechanisms that ensure developmental progression in the early human embryo remain
largely unknown. Here, we show that the family of long interspersed nuclear element 1 …

Mammalian SWI/SNF complex activity regulates POU2F3 and constitutes a targetable dependency in small cell lung cancer

L Duplaquet, K So, AW Ying, SP Choudhuri, X Li… - Cancer Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Small cell lung cancers (SCLCs) are composed of heterogeneous subtypes marked by
lineage-specific transcription factors, including ASCL1, NEUROD1, and POU2F3. POU2F3 …