Stem Cell ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-08Epub Date: 2025-06-12DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102531
Lucia Selfa Aspiroz, Milena Mennecozzi, Laura Batlle, Barbara Corneo, Lyn Healy, Mark Kotter, Andreas Kurtz, Tenneille E Ludwig, Christine Mummery, Martin Pera, Glyn N Stacey, Carlos A Tristan, Maurice Whelan
{"title":"Promoting the adoption of best practices and standards to enhance quality and reproducibility of stem cell research.","authors":"Lucia Selfa Aspiroz, Milena Mennecozzi, Laura Batlle, Barbara Corneo, Lyn Healy, Mark Kotter, Andreas Kurtz, Tenneille E Ludwig, Christine Mummery, Martin Pera, Glyn N Stacey, Carlos A Tristan, Maurice Whelan","doi":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102531","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102531","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Advancing the use of human stem cell-based models on preclinical and regulatory testing fields requires the performance of rigorous and reproducible research. Quality standards and reporting best practices should be promoted to ensure the reliability and translatability of stem cell models and results. Strategies to increase awareness and implementation of best practices and standards will require training initiatives and collaboration across relevant stakeholders. Overall, improving the quality and reproducibility of stem cell-based models and methods through best practices and standards will accelerate their adoption in industrial and regulatory contexts and ultimately drive the development of effective therapies and safer chemicals.</p>","PeriodicalId":21885,"journal":{"name":"Stem Cell Reports","volume":" ","pages":"102531"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12277813/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144294940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stem Cell ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-08Epub Date: 2025-06-19DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102536
Davide Marotta, Noor Ward, Steven R Bauer, Joshua Hunsberger, Jana Stoudemire, Kenneth Savin, Marc Giulianotti, Catriona H M Jamieson, Donna Roberts, Michael Roberts
{"title":"Biomanufacturing in low Earth orbit: A paradigm shift.","authors":"Davide Marotta, Noor Ward, Steven R Bauer, Joshua Hunsberger, Jana Stoudemire, Kenneth Savin, Marc Giulianotti, Catriona H M Jamieson, Donna Roberts, Michael Roberts","doi":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102536","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This perspective article explores the transformative potential of biomanufacturing in low Earth orbit (LEO) for regenerative medicine. Building on key symposia and workshops, it highlights the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory's role in advancing tissue engineering through microgravity research. The article discusses breakthroughs in stem cell therapies, disease modeling, and automation, while emphasizing the need for collaboration, investment, and emerging technologies like AI and machine learning. Insights from the scientific community and market analyses point to a rapidly growing sector. Strategic partnerships and policy support will be essential to scale space-based biomanufacturing and unlock new therapeutic possibilities for patients on Earth.</p>","PeriodicalId":21885,"journal":{"name":"Stem Cell Reports","volume":" ","pages":"102536"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12277831/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Graft-derived horizontal cells contribute to host-graft synapses in degenerated retinas after retinal organoid transplantation.","authors":"Mikiya Watanabe, Takayuki Yamada, Hung-Ya Tu, Taro Chaya, Satoko Okayama, Kenta Onoue, Shigenobu Yonemura, Chieko Koike, Masao Tachibana, Takahisa Furukawa, Michiko Mandai","doi":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102545","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102545","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stem cell-derived retinal organoid (RO) transplantation is a promising approach for treating retinal degenerative diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa. Photoreceptors (PRs) in RO sheets form synaptic connections with host bipolar cells (BCs) and improve visual function in animal models of advanced retinal degeneration. However, the contribution of horizontal cells (HCs), which are critical for PR synapse formation in the developing retina, to host-graft synapse formation remains unclear. In this study, we used HC-depleted retinal degeneration mice (rd1) and Islet1<sup>-/-</sup> genome-edited ROs (gROs) that contain HCs but not rod BCs and showed that host HC deficiency did not alter the number of host BC-graft PR synapses after transplantation into rd1, while the restored light sensitivity was enhanced in the context of host HCs. These findings indicate that graft-derived HCs alone can support host-graft synapse formation, whereas the presence of host HCs facilitates functional recovery after gRO transplantation.</p>","PeriodicalId":21885,"journal":{"name":"Stem Cell Reports","volume":" ","pages":"102545"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12277844/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144512527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stem Cell ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-08Epub Date: 2025-06-04DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102549
Sean K Ryan, Michael V Gonzalez, James P Garifallou, Frederick C Bennett, Kimberly S Williams, Nathaniel P Sotuyo, Eugene Mironets, Kieona Cook, Hakon Hakonarson, Stewart A Anderson, Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto
{"title":"Neuroinflammation and EIF2 Signaling Persist despite Antiretroviral Treatment in an hiPSC Tri-culture Model of HIV Infection.","authors":"Sean K Ryan, Michael V Gonzalez, James P Garifallou, Frederick C Bennett, Kimberly S Williams, Nathaniel P Sotuyo, Eugene Mironets, Kieona Cook, Hakon Hakonarson, Stewart A Anderson, Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto","doi":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102549","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102549","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21885,"journal":{"name":"Stem Cell Reports","volume":" ","pages":"102549"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12277793/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144235287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stem Cell ReportsPub Date : 2025-07-08Epub Date: 2025-06-19DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102539
Carina Habich, Alexandra Kowalski, Astrid Wachter, Michaela J Heimann, Michael Wolf, Markus P Kummer, Nathalie Nicolaisen, Christopher Sliwinski, Lydia Reinhardt, Veronika Heil, Timo Lange, Christopher Untucht, Loan N Miller, Jürgen Korffmann, Daniela Geist, David Schöndorf, Heyne Lee, Lamiaa Bahnassawy, Benjamin Mielich-Süss, Melanie S Brennan, Ruven Wilkens, Julian Röwe, Ian Weidling, Rüdiger Rudolf, Mathias Hafner, Justine D Manos, Miroslav Cik, Peter Reinhardt
{"title":"BMP, MEK, and WNT inhibition with NGN2 expression for rapid generation of hiPSC-derived neurons amenable to regional patterning.","authors":"Carina Habich, Alexandra Kowalski, Astrid Wachter, Michaela J Heimann, Michael Wolf, Markus P Kummer, Nathalie Nicolaisen, Christopher Sliwinski, Lydia Reinhardt, Veronika Heil, Timo Lange, Christopher Untucht, Loan N Miller, Jürgen Korffmann, Daniela Geist, David Schöndorf, Heyne Lee, Lamiaa Bahnassawy, Benjamin Mielich-Süss, Melanie S Brennan, Ruven Wilkens, Julian Röwe, Ian Weidling, Rüdiger Rudolf, Mathias Hafner, Justine D Manos, Miroslav Cik, Peter Reinhardt","doi":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102539","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102539","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are a promising tool for studying neurological diseases and developing therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Differentiation of hiPSCs into neurons can be achieved by dual SMAD inhibition (dSMADi) or by induced neurogenin 2 (NGN2) overexpression (\"iNGN2\"). Starting directly from hiPSCs, iNGN2 shortens the time to a neuronal stage but leads to neurons partially resembling peripheral or posterior fates while dSMADi more faithfully recapitulates telencephalic development. To modify the iNGN2 approach, we applied an accelerated induction paradigm that is dependent on the inhibition of BMP, MEK, and WNT pathways (\"BMWi\"), to commit hiPSCs into a telencephalic fate before iNGN2. The resulting neurons showed strong expression of telencephalic markers, with decreased levels of peripheral and posterior marker genes compared to iNGN2 alone. The resulting telencephalic neurons are suitable for a tau aggregation assay. Furthermore, we could demonstrate that during BMWi treatment, the cells are amenable to additional regional patterning cues. This allowed the generation of neurons from different regions of the CNS and peripheral nervous system (PNS), which will significantly facilitate in vitro modeling of a range of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":21885,"journal":{"name":"Stem Cell Reports","volume":" ","pages":"102539"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12277818/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two types of regenerative cell populations appear in acute liver injury.","authors":"Tomomi Aoyagi, Takeshi Goya, Koji Imoto, Yuki Azuma, Tomonobu Hioki, Motoyuki Kohjima, Masatake Tanaka, Yoshinao Oda, Yoshihiro Ogawa","doi":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102503","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102503","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The liver has a robust regenerative capacity. However, the mechanisms underlying this process remain unclear. Numerous studies on liver regeneration have been previously conducted using partial hepatectomy models, which may not fully represent acute liver injury with inflammation and necrosis. This is commonly observed in the majority of clinical cases. In this study, we conducted a single-cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis of liver regeneration in acetaminophen-treated mice using publicly available data. We found that two distinct populations of regenerative cells simultaneously appeared within the same regenerative process. The two populations significantly differed in terms of cell morphology, differentiation, localization, proliferation rate, and signal response. Moreover, one of the populations was induced by contact with necrotic tissue and demonstrated a higher proliferative capacity with a dedifferentiated feature. These findings provide new insights into liver regeneration and therapeutic strategies for liver failure.</p>","PeriodicalId":21885,"journal":{"name":"Stem Cell Reports","volume":" ","pages":"102503"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12181965/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144023686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stem Cell ReportsPub Date : 2025-06-10Epub Date: 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102509
Liang Li, Brian J Feldman
{"title":"Characterization and lineage tracing of a mouse adipose depot reveal properties conserved with human supraclavicular brown adipose tissue.","authors":"Liang Li, Brian J Feldman","doi":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102509","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102509","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Enhancing energy utilization by increasing the number or activity of beige adipocytes has the potential to be of therapeutic benefit for a broad range of metabolic disorders. However, knowledge gaps in our understanding of the mouse versus human developmental origins of beige fat have inhibited the generation of robust preclinical models, leaving a barrier to the success of therapies. Here, we report that a distinct inguinal beige adipose tissue (ibAT) depot lineage traces to the same Prx1+ cell origins as inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT) but maintains higher thermogenic activity and capability during aging. We discovered that ibAT has the morphological appearance of human supraclavicular brown adipose tissue (scBAT) and, importantly, conserved molecular markers and developmental origins with human scBAT. Our findings reveal a distinct mouse beige adipose tissue depot and provide a preclinical model of human beige adipose tissue development and maintenance.</p>","PeriodicalId":21885,"journal":{"name":"Stem Cell Reports","volume":" ","pages":"102509"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12181967/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144132021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stem Cell ReportsPub Date : 2025-06-10DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102514
Amander T Clark, Heidi Cook-Andersen, Sarah Franklin, Rosario Isasi, Debra J H Mathews, Vincent Pasque, Peter J Rugg-Gunn, Patrick P L Tam, Hongmei Wang, Jan J Zylicz, Janet Rossant
{"title":"Stem cell-based embryo models: The 2021 ISSCR stem cell guidelines revisited.","authors":"Amander T Clark, Heidi Cook-Andersen, Sarah Franklin, Rosario Isasi, Debra J H Mathews, Vincent Pasque, Peter J Rugg-Gunn, Patrick P L Tam, Hongmei Wang, Jan J Zylicz, Janet Rossant","doi":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102514","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102514","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs) are a research technology with the potential to facilitate our understanding of human embryogenesis, improve assisted reproductive technology outcomes, elucidate the causes of early pregnancy failure, and provide a clearer understanding of the developmental origins of disease. Given that human SCBEMs are designed to model specific phenotypic features and developmental processes of human embryos, they raise distinct concerns from other stem cell models, such as organoids. The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, published in 2021, made recommendations for research oversight of SCBEMs and established different categories of review based on involvement of embryonic and extraembryonic lineages. However, recent progress has enabled unexpected ways to create increasingly complex models, as well as more efficient means of doing so without including all major extraembryonic lineages. A working group was tasked by the ISSCR executive to undertake a thorough reexamination of the guidelines in the light of these advances. The three main recommendations of the working group are that all research involving organized 3-dimensional human SCBEMs (1) should be subject to appropriate review, (2) must have a clear scientific rationale, and (3) must be subject to limited timelines. The proposed modifications to the ISSCR guidelines are intended to bring more clarity to the field, help guide the deliberations of researchers, oversight committees and other relevant stakeholders, and ensure continued public confidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":21885,"journal":{"name":"Stem Cell Reports","volume":"20 6","pages":"102514"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12181966/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144275910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}