Single‐cell landscape of the intrahepatic ecosystem in alcohol‐related liver disease by Xiaofang Zhao, Senyan Wang, Qi Liu, Wenjuan Wei, Xiaoyan Sun, Hao Song, Jing Xu, Shuijun Zhang, Hongyang Wang, Jing Fu

“…The ALB+KRT7+ epithelial cells were demonstrated to have stem cell properties and malignant transformation potentials. …”
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A Nomogram Based on Circulating Inflammatory Factors for Predicting Prognosis of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients by Wang M, Yue X, Ding Y, Cai Z, Xiao H, Huang H, He J

“…Mowang Wang,1– 4,* Xiaoyan Yue,5,* Yingying Ding,5,* Zhen Cai,1,4 Haowen Xiao,5 He Huang,1– 4 Jingsong He1,4 1Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University Medical Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 3Institute of Hematology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 4Zhejiang Province Engineering Laboratory for Stem Cell and Immunity Therapy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Hematology and Cell Therapy, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: He Huang; Jingsong He, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310006, People’s Republic of China, Email huanghe@zju.edu.cn; hejingsong@zju.edu.cnPurpose: The growth and survival of multiple myeloma (MM) cells depend heavily on bone marrow microenvironment, where inflammation emerges as a significant feature and is commonly associated with unfavorable prognosis in MM. …”
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Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: a Swiss case series of a very rare disease and a structured review of the literature by Ramona Meier-Lienhard, Cosima Suter, Thomas Pabst, Felicitas Hitz, Jakob R. Passweg, Olivier Spertini, Nathan Cantoni, Daniel Betticher, Lucas Simeon, Michael Medinger, Stefanie Hayoz, Adrian Schmidt

“…Ten patients underwent upfront stem cell transplantation (seven allogenic and three autologous), at least trending towards a better overall survival than other therapies. …”
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Nursing of recurrent malposition of peripherally inserted central catheters in a patient with thoracic outlet syndrome and related nursing measures (1例胸廓出口综合征患者经外周静脉置入中心静脉导管置管反复原发性... by ZHANG Liuyan (张柳燕), HUANG Guohua (黄果花), LI Xiufeng (李秋凤)

“…There were no complication such as thrombosis and infection after the catheter placement, and the patient successfully completed autologous stem cell transplantation and was discharged from the hospital. …”
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High p16INK4A expression in glioblastoma is associated with senescence phenotype and better prognosis by Soon Sang Park, Tae Hoon Roh, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Young Hwa Kim, So Hyun Park, Tae-Gyu Kim, So Yeong Eom, Tae Jun Park, In-Hyun Park, Se-Hyuk Kim, Jang-Hee Kim

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CDK14 regulates the development and repair of lung by Jian-wei Chen, Yu-xiang Wang, Rong-rong Gao, Lan-yue Ma, Jing Zhong, Jia-xin Yang, Zhao-hua Deng, Yu-yan Li, Xiao-ling Li, Ya-hai Shu, Wen-jing Guo, Zi-yuan Zhou, Xiao Yu Tian, Jinjin Ma, Yang Liu, Qi Chen

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Venetoclax plus low-intensity chemotherapy for adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia by Marlise R. Luskin, Shai Shimony, Julia Keating, Eric S. Winer, Jacqueline S. Garcia, Richard M. Stone, Elias Jabbour, Yael Flamand, Kristen Stevenson, Jeremy Ryan, Zhihong Zeng, Anthony Letai, Marina Konopleva, Nitin Jain, Daniel J. DeAngelo

“…All patients in CR bridged to hematopoietic stem cell transplant (n = 9) or completed protocol (n = 1). …”
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A Case of Undiagnosed HIV Infection in a 57-Year-Old Woman with Multiple Myeloma: Consequences on Chemotherapy Efficiency and Safety by I. Poizot-Martin, S. Brégigeon, C. Tamalet, R. Bouabdallah, O. Zaegel-Faucher, V. Obry-Roguet, A. Ivanova, C.E. Cano, C. Solas

“…A 57-year-old woman diagnosed with multiple myeloma underwent a first round of chemotherapy by bortezomib/lenalidomide and then with bortezomib/liposomal-doxorubicine/dexamethasone, with partial remission, poor hematological tolerance, and multiple episodes of pneumococcal infection. Allogenic stem cell transplantation was proposed leading to HIV testing, which revealed seropositivity, with an HIV viral load of 5.5 Log10/mL and severe CD4 T cell depletion (24 cells/mm3). …”
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PU.1 alleviates the inhibitory effects of cigarette smoke on endothelial progenitor cell function and lung-homing through Wnt/β-catenin and CXCL12/CXCR4 pathways by Xue He⁺, Yanan Cui⁺, Tiao Li, Lijuan Luo, Zihang Zeng, Yiming Ma, Yan Chen

“…We determined the expression levels of PU.1, β-catenin, C-X-C motif ligand 12 (CXCL12), C-X-C motif receptor 4 (CXCR4), stem cell antigen-1 (Sca-1), and stemness genes. Results CSE exposure significantly reduced the expression of PU.1 in mouse lung tissues, BM, and BM-derived EPCs. …”
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Intravitreal Bevacizumab Injection Attenuates Diabetic Retinopathy in Adult Rats with Experimentally Induced Diabetes in the Early Stage by Jiao Lv, Miao-Miao Chen, Zhi-Hao Mu, Fang Wang, Zhong-Yi Qian, Lei Zhou, Qiu-Ting Guo, Zhi-Min Zhao, Yu-Ping Pan, Xin-Yu Liao, Zhi-Hong Yang, Ning Cai, Ying-Ying Zou, Shu-De Li

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The Role of E-Cadherin in Maintaining the Barrier Function of Corneal Epithelium after Treatment with Cultured Autologous Oral Mucosa Epithelial Cell Sheet Grafts for Limbal Stem D... by Fawzia Bardag-Gorce, Richard H. Hoft, Andrew Wood, Joan Oliva, Hope Niihara, Andrew Makalinao, Jacquelyn Thropay, Derek Pan, Imara Meepe, Kumar Tiger, Julio Garcia, Amanda Laporte, Samuel W. French, Yutaka Niihara

“…CAOMECS were cultured on a temperature-responsive surface and grafted onto rabbit corneas with Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency (LSCD). E-cadherin levels were significantly higher in CAOMECS compared to normal and LSCD epithelium. …”
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Case report: The case of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with chemotherapy followed by anti-CD7 CAR-T cells using retroviral vector by Huanhuan Zhou, Wenxiang Zhu, Qihong Ma, Ning Liu, Mengdi Jin, Yaru Feng, Lijun Zhao, Rui Sun, Rongyou Li, Huaxiu Li, Yuanyuan Shi, Jianxun Wang, Liqiong Liu, Zhi Guo, Zhi Guo, Zhi Guo

“…After physician evaluation, this patient received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Then, The patient remained in complete remission (CR) for four months before a relapse with 26.64% chimerism rate, so he was treated with allogeneic anti-CD7 CAR-T cells after chemotherapy reducing the tumor burden. …”
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Tacedinaline (CI-994), a class I HDAC inhibitor, targets intrinsic tumor growth and leptomeningeal dissemination in MYC-driven medulloblastoma while making them susceptible to anti... by Arndt Borkhardt, Nan Qin, Stephen T Keir, Darell D Bigner, Allison Cole, Matthias Wölfl, Viktoria Marquardt, Johanna Theruvath, David Pauck, Daniel Picard, Lena Blümel, Mara Maue, Jasmin Bartl, Ulvi Ahmadov, Maike Langini, Frauke-Dorothee Meyer, Joselyn Cruz-Cruz, Claus M Graef, Till Milde, Olaf Witt, Anat Erdreich-Epstein, Gabriel Leprivier, Ulf Kahlert, Anja Stefanski, Kai Stühler, Julia Hauer, Thomas Beez, Christiane B Knobbe-Thomsen, Ute Fischer, Jörg Felsberg, Finn K Hansen, Rajeev Vibhakar, Sujatha Venkatraman, Samuel H Cheshier, Guido Reifenberger, Thomas Kurz, Marc Remke, Siddhartha Mitra

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Skeletal progenitor LRP1 deficiency causes severe and persistent skeletal defects with Wnt pathway dysregulation by Mohammad Alhashmi, Abdulrahman M. E. Gremida, Santosh K. Maharana, Marco Antonaci, Amy Kerr, Shijian Fu, Sharna Lunn, David A. Turner, Noor A. Al-Maslamani, Ke Liu, Maria M. Meschis, Hazel Sutherland, Peter Wilson, Peter Clegg, Grant N. Wheeler, Robert J. van ‘t Hof, George Bou-Gharios, Kazuhiro Yamamoto

“…Lrp1 deficiency in these stem cells causes joint fusion, malformation of cartilage/bone template and markedly delayed or lack of primary ossification. …”
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Immune-checkpoint-inhibitor therapy directed against PD-L1 is tolerated in the heart without manifestation of cardiac inflammation in a preclinical reversible melanoma mouse model by Caroline Schoenherr, Caroline Schoenherr, Stefan Pietzsch, Stefan Pietzsch, Cristina Barca, Franziska E. Müller, Frauke S. Bahr, Martina Kasten, Andre Zeug, Sergej Erschow, Christine S. Falk, Evgeni Ponimaskin, James T. Thackeray, Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner, Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner, Melanie Ricke-Hoch

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Distinct regulation of Tau Monomer and aggregate uptake and intracellular accumulation in human neurons by Amir T. Marvian, Tabea Strauss, Qilin Tang, Benjamin J. Tuck, Sophie Keeling, Daniel Rüdiger, Negar Mirzazadeh Dizaji, Hossein Mohammad-Beigi, Brigitte Nuscher, Pijush Chakraborty, Duncan S. Sutherland, William A. McEwan, Thomas Köglsperger, Stefan Zahler, Markus Zweckstetter, Stefan F. Lichtenthaler, Wolfgang Wurst, Sigrid Schwarz, Günter Höglinger

“…A neuronal eTau uptake and accumulation assay was developed for human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons (iPSCNs) and Lund human mesencephalic cells (LUHMES)-derived neurons. …”
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KIT D816V Positive Acute Mast Cell Leukemia Associated with Normal Karyotype Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Marta Lopes, Maria dos Anjos Teixeira, Cláudia Casais, Vanessa Mesquita, Patrícia Seabra, Renata Cabral, José Palla-García, Catarina Lau, João Rodrigues, Maria Jara-Acevedo, Inês Freitas, Jose Ramón Vizcaíno, Jorge Coutinho, Luis Escribano, Alberto Orfao, Margarida Lima

“…The patient received corticosteroids, disodium cromoglycate, cladribine, idarubicin and cytosine arabinoside, high-dose cytosine arabinoside, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The outcome was favorable, with complete hematological remission two years after diagnosis and one year after HSCT. …”
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Uridine-cytidine kinase 2 is correlated with immune, DNA damage repair and promotion of cancer stemness in pan-cancer by Jinlong Tian, Yanlei Li, Yu Tong, Yuan Zhang, Tingxiao Zhao, Yao Kang, Qing Bi

“…The correlations of UCK2 with prognosis, genetic instability, DNA repair, cancer stem cell characteristics, and immune cell infiltration were investigated. …”
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Nestin Forms a Flexible Cytoskeleton by Means of a Huge Tail Domain That Is Reversibly Stretched and Contracted by Weak Forces by Ayana Yamagishi, Rina Tokuoka, Kazuki Imai, Mei Mizusawa, Moe Susaki, Koki Uchida, Saku T. Kijima, Akira Nagasaki, Daijiro Takeshita, Chiaki Yoshikawa, Taro Q. P. Uyeda, Chikashi Nakamura

“…Nestin is a type VI intermediate filament protein and a well-known neural stem cell marker. It is also expressed in high-grade cancer cells, forming copolymerized filaments with vimentin. …”
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Deep imaging of LepR+ stromal cells in optically cleared murine bone hemisections by Yuehan Ni, Jiamiao Wu, Fengqi Liu, Yating Yi, Xiangjiao Meng, Xiang Gao, Luyi Xiao, Weiwei Zhou, Zexi Chen, Peng Chu, Dan Xing, Ye Yuan, Donghui Ding, Ge Shen, Min Yang, Ronjie Wu, Ling Wang, Luiza Martins Nascentes Melo, Sien Lin, Xiaoguang Cheng, Gang Li, Alpaslan Tasdogan, Jessalyn M. Ubellacker, Hu Zhao, Shentong Fang, Bo Shen

“…Deciphering the spatial interaction of leptin receptor-expressing (LepR+) stromal cells with other compartments in the bone marrow is crucial for a deeper understanding of the stem cell niche and the skeletal tissue. In this study, we introduce an optimized protocol for the 3D analysis of skeletal tissues, enabling the visualization of hematopoietic and stromal cells, especially LepR+ stromal cells, within optically cleared bone hemisections. …”
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