L E Wadkin, I Makarenko, N G Parker, A Shukurov, F C Figueiredo, M Lako
{"title":"Human Stem Cells for Ophthalmology: Recent Advances in Diagnostic Image Analysis and Computational Modelling.","authors":"L E Wadkin, I Makarenko, N G Parker, A Shukurov, F C Figueiredo, M Lako","doi":"10.1007/s40778-023-00229-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40778-023-00229-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>To explore the advances and future research directions in image analysis and computational modelling of human stem cells (hSCs) for ophthalmological applications.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>hSCs hold great potential in ocular regenerative medicine due to their application in cell-based therapies and in disease modelling and drug discovery using state-of-the-art 2D and 3D organoid models. However, a deeper characterisation of their complex, multi-scale properties is required to optimise their translation to clinical practice. Image analysis combined with computational modelling is a powerful tool to explore mechanisms of hSC behaviour and aid clinical diagnosis and therapy.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Many computational models draw on a variety of techniques, often blending continuum and discrete approaches, and have been used to describe cell differentiation and self-organisation. Machine learning tools are having a significant impact in model development and improving image classification processes for clinical diagnosis and treatment and will be the focus of much future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":37444,"journal":{"name":"Current Stem Cell Reports","volume":"9 4","pages":"57-66"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10739444/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139032647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effects of Different Regenerative Treatments after Tooth Avulsion","authors":"A. H. Kohsar, Mohammad Javad Yousefi, Haleh Hali","doi":"10.1007/s40778-022-00218-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40778-022-00218-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37444,"journal":{"name":"Current Stem Cell Reports","volume":"8 1","pages":"219 - 230"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47308099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ronald A. Nelson, E. Rhee, Mohamad Alaeddine, M. Nikkhah
{"title":"Advances in Biomaterials for Promoting Vascularization","authors":"Ronald A. Nelson, E. Rhee, Mohamad Alaeddine, M. Nikkhah","doi":"10.1007/s40778-022-00217-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40778-022-00217-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37444,"journal":{"name":"Current Stem Cell Reports","volume":"8 1","pages":"184 - 196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48689778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Age, Sex, and Genetic Diversity in Murine Models of the Hematopoietic Acute Radiation Syndrome (H-ARS) and the Delayed Effects of Acute Radiation Exposure (DEARE).","authors":"Christie M Orschell, Tong Wu, Andrea M Patterson","doi":"10.1007/s40778-022-00214-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40778-022-00214-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Malicious or accidental radiation exposure increases risk for the hematopoietic acute radiation syndrome (H-ARS) and the delayed effects of acute radiation exposure (DEARE). Radiation medical countermeasure (MCM) development relies on robust animal models reflective of all age groups and both sexes. This review details critical considerations in murine H-ARS and DEARE model development including divergent radiation responses dependent on age, sex, and genetic diversity.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Radioresistance increases with murine age from pediatrics through geriatrics. Between sexes, radioresistance is higher in male weanlings, pubescent females, and aged males, corresponding with accelerated myelopoiesis. Jackson diversity outbred (JDO) mice resemble non-human primates in radiation response for modeling human diversity. Weanlings and JDO models exhibit less DEARE than other models.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Highly characterized age-, sex- and diversity-conscious murine models of H-ARS and DEARE provide powerful and essential tools in MCM development for all radiation victims.</p>","PeriodicalId":37444,"journal":{"name":"Current Stem Cell Reports","volume":"8 3","pages":"139-149"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9928166/pdf/nihms-1825962.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10134801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chirag Mehta, Rohan M. Shah, N. Yanamala, P. Sengupta
{"title":"Cardiovascular Imaging Databases: Building Machine Learning Algorithms for Regenerative Medicine","authors":"Chirag Mehta, Rohan M. Shah, N. Yanamala, P. Sengupta","doi":"10.1007/s40778-022-00216-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40778-022-00216-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37444,"journal":{"name":"Current Stem Cell Reports","volume":"8 1","pages":"164 - 173"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49470148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Sengedorj, M. Hader, B. Frey, R. Fietkau, O. Ott, U. Gaipl, M. Rückert
{"title":"Interaction of Radiotherapy and Hyperthermia with the Immune System: a Brief Current Overview","authors":"A. Sengedorj, M. Hader, B. Frey, R. Fietkau, O. Ott, U. Gaipl, M. Rückert","doi":"10.1007/s40778-022-00215-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40778-022-00215-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37444,"journal":{"name":"Current Stem Cell Reports","volume":"8 1","pages":"129 - 138"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47265721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of the hematopoietic stem cells in immunological memory.","authors":"Vinothini Govindarajah, Damien Reynaud","doi":"10.1007/s40778-021-00204-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40778-021-00204-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Immunological memory is an important evolutionary adaptation of the immune system. Previously restricted to the adaptive immune system, the concept of memory has recently been broadened to the innate immune system. This review summarizes recent studies that highlight the contribution of the hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in supporting immunological memory.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Short-lived innate immune cells can build a long-lasting memory of infection to improve their response to secondary challenges. Studies show that these unexpected properties of the innate immune system are sustained by epigenetic and metabolic changes in the HSC compartment.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>HSCs are durably altered in response to pathogens and serve as long-term support for innate immune memory. Many questions remain regarding the mechanisms contributing to the induction and the maintenance of this immune memory in HSCs. Answering these questions will open new perspectives to understand how environmental factors shape the HSC activity over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":37444,"journal":{"name":"Current Stem Cell Reports","volume":"8 1","pages":"35-43"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9007548/pdf/nihms-1771315.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10813505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}