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Efficient and rapid generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from human keratinocytes
Aasen et al. boost the efficiency of human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell generation 100-fold by starting with keratinocytes rather than fibroblasts. They also produce iPS cells from plucked adult hair, an e...
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Open AccessGlobal analysis of alternative splicing regulation by insulin and wingless signaling in Drosophilacells
Despite the prevalence and biological relevance of both signaling pathways and alternative pre-mRNA splicing, our knowledge of how intracellular signaling impacts on alternative splicing regulation remains fra...
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Dedifferentiation, transdifferentiation and reprogramming: three routes to regeneration
The ultimate goal of regenerative medicine is to replace lost or damaged cells. This can potentially be accomplished using the processes of dedifferentiation, ...
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Methods for making induced pluripotent stem cells: reprogramming à la carte
Direct reprogramming enables the generation of pluripotent stem-cell lines from almost any somatic tissue and mammalian species, thereby avoiding the ethical i...
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Recapitulation of premature ageing with iPSCs from Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome
The premature ageing disorder Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare genetic condition characterized by a rapid onset of signs associated with normal ageing, such as atherosclerosis and the dege...
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LSD1 regulates the balance between self-renewal and differentiation in human embryonic stem cells
We identify LSD1 (lysine-specific demethylase 1; also known as KDM1A and AOF2) as a key histone modifier that participates in the maintenance of pluripotency through the regulation of bivalent domains, a chrom...
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Open AccessThe species translation challenge—A systems biology perspective on human and rat bronchial epithelial cells
The biological responses to external cues such as drugs, chemicals, viruses and hormones, is an essential question in biomedicine and in the field of toxicology, and cannot be easily studied in humans. Thus, b...
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Open AccessA vascular biology network model focused on inflammatory processes to investigate atherogenesis and plaque instability
Numerous inflammation-related pathways have been shown to play important roles in atherogenesis. Rapid and efficient assessment of the relative influence of each of those pathways is a challenge in the era of ...
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A Systems Toxicology Approach to Investigating the Cardiovascular Effects of Cigarette Smoke and Environmental Pollutants in ApoE-Deficient Mice
Epidemiological evidence indicates that exposure to combustion-derived particles is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Despite this strong association, there remains a lack of data that can...
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Causal Biological Network Database: A Comprehensive Platform of Causal Biological Network Models Focused on the Pulmonary and Vascular Systems
While the ever-increasing amounts of scientific data provide a more detailed description of toxic effects, it is not trivial to extract information that will contribute to a better biological understanding. So...
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Open AccessTranscriptional profiling and targeted proteomics reveals common molecular changes associated with cigarette smoke-induced lung emphysema development in five susceptible mouse strains
Mouse models are useful for studying cigarette smoke (CS)-induced chronic pulmonary pathologies such as lung emphysema. To enhance translation of large-scale omics data from mechanistic studies into pathophysi...
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Open AccessComprehensive systems biology analysis of a 7-month cigarette smoke inhalation study in C57BL/6 mice
Smoking of combustible cigarettes has a major impact on human health. Using a systems toxicology approach in a model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C57BL/6 mice), we assessed the health consequences...
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Open AccessThe Apoe−/− mouse model: a suitable model to study cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in the context of cigarette smoke exposure and harm reduction
Atherosclerosis-prone apolipoprotein E-deficient (Apoe−/−) mice display poor lipoprotein clearance with subsequent accumulation of cholesterol ester-enriched particles in the blood, which promote the development ...
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Open AccessCrowdsourced benchmarking of taxonomic metagenome profilers: lessons learned from the sbv IMPROVER Microbiomics challenge
Selection of optimal computational strategies for analyzing metagenomics data is a decisive step in determining the microbial composition of a sample, and this procedure is complex because of the numerous tool...
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Open AccessResults and lessons learned from the sbv IMPROVER metagenomics diagnostics for inflammatory bowel disease challenge
A growing body of evidence links gut microbiota changes with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), raising the potential benefit of exploiting metagenomics data for non-invasive IBD diagnostics. The sbv IMPROVER m...