Pier Raffaele Zarro, Simona De Felice, Maria Giovanna Sabbieti, Dimitrios Agas
{"title":"The Inflamed Bone Marrow Scenery Amongst the Symplegades of Ageing and Diseases.","authors":"Pier Raffaele Zarro, Simona De Felice, Maria Giovanna Sabbieti, Dimitrios Agas","doi":"10.1007/5584_2025_860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2025_860","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Upon inflammation, the bone marrow (BM) landscape undergoes significant architectural and functional modifications. Stimulation of the hematopoietic niche triggers a series of lightning events, which begin with stem/progenitor blood elements mobilization and culminates with the activation of immune responses. Ageing partially mirrors this process, albeit with a propensity towards chronic inflammation and immune dysfunction. Age-related chronic inflammation disrupts bone homeostasis and accompanies impaired tissue regeneration. Thus, focusing on the bone marrow's dynamics during inflammatory bone diseases could lay the way for the development of novel therapeutic platforms aimed at niche reprogramming. Herein, we summarize inflammatory and age-induced processes in multiple BM compartments, with particular reference to hematopoietic, stromal stem/progenitor cells, and mature immunocytes. Finally, we focus on autophagy and its potential to clinically re-modulate the pathological \"flogistic\" bias, possibly by restoring functional phenotypes within the bone marrow niche elements.</p>","PeriodicalId":7270,"journal":{"name":"Advances in experimental medicine and biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143959849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Babak Arjmand, Pouya Mehran, Sana Badamchizadeh, Sepideh Alavi-Moghadam, Rasta Arjmand, Mostafa Rezaei-Tavirani, Hamid Reza Aghayan, Bagher Larijani, Mohamad Vaezi, Ghasem Janbabaei, Abbas Hajifathali
{"title":"The Role of Aging and Senescence in Bone Marrow Transplantation Outcome.","authors":"Babak Arjmand, Pouya Mehran, Sana Badamchizadeh, Sepideh Alavi-Moghadam, Rasta Arjmand, Mostafa Rezaei-Tavirani, Hamid Reza Aghayan, Bagher Larijani, Mohamad Vaezi, Ghasem Janbabaei, Abbas Hajifathali","doi":"10.1007/5584_2025_861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2025_861","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bone marrow transplantation is considered a cornerstone in the treatment of hematologic malignancies and blood disorders. While it may offer the possibility of a cure through the use of high-dose chemotherapy and radiation, outcomes are significantly impacted by biological and medical factors. Herein, aging is associated with reduced hematopoiesis, immune function, and overall regenerative capacity of tissues. Growth arrest, a crucial property of cellular senescence, inhibits bone marrow function, lowers immune surveillance in aged adults, and reduces the efficiency of bone marrow transplantation. The clinical course for older recipients is further complicated by the presence of prolonged immunosuppression, slower recovery, and higher complication rates, including life-threatening graft-versus-host disease. Accordingly, there is increasing interest in explaining how aging, cellular senescence, and transplant outcomes are interrelated. The current chapter outlines the mechanisms whereby aging and senescence contribute to the immunological dysregulation and poor bone marrow transplantation outcomes observed in elderly cancer patients. The authors' goal is to suggest therapeutic approaches that will enhance the quality of life and survival rates of elderly bone marrow transplant recipients.</p>","PeriodicalId":7270,"journal":{"name":"Advances in experimental medicine and biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143954957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lipid Properties and Metabolism in Response to Cold.","authors":"Thomas Enriquez, Nicholas M Teets","doi":"10.1007/5584_2024_848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2024_848","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Temperature directly shapes insect physiology and has a preponderant effect on life history traits. Winter conditions in temperate and polar regions are especially challenging for insects. Extremely low temperatures can indeed compromise insect survival by promoting freezing of body fluids, but mild cold temperatures above 0 °C (i.e., chilling) can also lead to complex and severe physiological dysregulations. Among physiological damages due to freezing and chilling, insect lipids are one of the primary targets. As low temperatures tend to rigidify phospholipid bilayers, membrane functions are compromised in the cold. Lipid rigidification due to cold also decreases the accessibility of fat stores for metabolic enzymes, and therefore their availability for basal metabolism. These deleterious effects, combined with low food availability in winter, result in substantial nutritional challenges for overwintering insects. Consequently, lipid modifications such as homeoviscous adaptation of cell membranes, fluidity maintenance of fat reserves, cuticular lipid accumulation, and production of antifreeze glycolipids are essential components of the physiological response to cold stress. The aim of the present chapter is to present the physiological challenges caused by low temperatures, the lipid modifications linked with cold tolerance in insects, and the molecular regulation of lipid metabolism during cold exposure.</p>","PeriodicalId":7270,"journal":{"name":"Advances in experimental medicine and biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143802153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Özge Boyacıoğlu, Berfin Deniz Kalali, Ege Tongün, Petek Korkusuz
{"title":"A Niche-Based Perspective to Stem and Cancer Stem Cells of the Lung.","authors":"Özge Boyacıoğlu, Berfin Deniz Kalali, Ege Tongün, Petek Korkusuz","doi":"10.1007/5584_2025_858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2025_858","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lungs carry the principle function for the conduction and exchange of air through the primary, secondary, tertiary bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli, resulting in the exchange of oxygen to carbon dioxide within the human tissues. Lung stem and progenitor cells enable differentiation of parenchymal and stromal elements and provide homeostasis and regeneration in the microenvironment against pulmonary diseases. Tumor-initiating cancer cells (TICs) refer to a subpopulation named as cancer stem cells (CSCs) of lung cancer exhibiting high self-renewal and proliferation capacity by Notch, Hippo, Hedgehog, and Wnt signaling pathways that leads to tumor development or recurrence. Lung cancer stem cells (LCSCs) are characterized by distinct genotypic or phenotypic alterations compared to healthy lung stem cells (LSCs) that provide a potential target to treat lung cancer. Therefore, understanding the cascades responsible for the transformation of healthy to CSCs is essential to develop new targeted therapy approaches. In this chapter, we precisely highlight the latest researches on LSCs and CSCs, key signaling mechanisms within the perspective of novel targeted therapy strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":7270,"journal":{"name":"Advances in experimental medicine and biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143771185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Naveen Raj, Asmita Karmakar, Gloria Narayan, Rajkumar P Thummer
{"title":"Small Molecules and Epigenetic Modifiers in Facilitating Pancreatic β-cell Formation: A Comprehensive Insight.","authors":"Naveen Raj, Asmita Karmakar, Gloria Narayan, Rajkumar P Thummer","doi":"10.1007/5584_2025_859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2025_859","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diabetes mellitus, arising due to inadequate insulin release or insulin resistance, can be addressed through β-cell replacement therapy. Given the limited availability of islet cadaveric donors, alternative strategies such as differentiation of stem cells into pancreatic β-cells or direct reprogramming of somatic cells into pancreatic β-cells are emerging as viable options. This chapter elucidates the pivotal role of small molecules and associated signaling pathways in in vivo pancreatic organogenesis, allowing their emulation in vitro to facilitate pancreatic development. Small molecules exhibit distinct advantages, such as cell-permeability and non-immunogenic properties, thereby generating efficient functional β-like cells. Recent investigations highlight alterations in epigenetic marks unique to pancreatic β-cells during cellular reprogramming and diabetes pathogenesis. The study further delineates the distinctive histone modifications and DNA methylation within pancreatic β-cells, underscoring their contributions to pancreas development.</p>","PeriodicalId":7270,"journal":{"name":"Advances in experimental medicine and biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143771189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Art of Neuroregeneration De Novo and In Situ.","authors":"Eumorphia Remboutsika","doi":"10.1007/5584_2025_856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2025_856","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuroregeneration refers to the ability of the nervous system to repair or regenerate neural components subsequently to spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries, peripheral nerve damage, and neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we discuss lead effectors of the healing process, neural stem cells, and non-invasive physical methods, for neuroregeneration de novo and in situ.</p>","PeriodicalId":7270,"journal":{"name":"Advances in experimental medicine and biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143707885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organoids as 3D Models for Studying Exogenous Mitochondrial Transplantation.","authors":"Ismail Eş, Oner Ulger","doi":"10.1007/5584_2025_857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2025_857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mitochondria play a critical role in cellular communication, cell proliferation, and apoptosis, which make them essential to maintaining cellular health. Recently, mitochondrial transplantation has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach to treat conditions such as ischemia, neurodegenerative diseases, and cardiovascular disorders by restoring mitochondrial function in damaged cells. Despite its potential, understanding mitochondrial behavior in vivo remains challenging; however, organoid models, which are three-dimensional structures derived from stem cells that mimic human tissues, offer a solution to study mitochondrial function and transplantation strategies under controlled conditions. These models are particularly necessary in studies, as they can replicate disease conditions and consequently enable researchers to investigate mitochondrial dynamics and therapeutic integration. Developing organoid systems optimized for mitochondrial transplantation requires exploring factors that influence mitochondrial uptake, refining transplantation strategies, and understanding their role in cellular regeneration in order to advance in the field of mitochondrial research.</p>","PeriodicalId":7270,"journal":{"name":"Advances in experimental medicine and biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143707881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Umut Toprak, Nicholas M Teets, Doga Cedden, Gözde Güney
{"title":"Lipid Metabolism in Diapause.","authors":"Umut Toprak, Nicholas M Teets, Doga Cedden, Gözde Güney","doi":"10.1007/5584_2025_850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2025_850","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Organisms living in temperate and polar environments encounter seasonal fluctuations that entail changes in temperature, resource availability, and biotic interactions. Thus, adaptations for synchronizing the life cycle with essential resources and persisting through unfavorable conditions are critical. Diapause, a programmed period of developmental arrest and metabolic depression, is widely used by insects to survive winter and synchronize the life cycle. In some cases, insects spend over half the year (or in some cases, multiple years) in a nonfeeding diapause state. Thus, diapause is energetically challenging, and insects accumulate surplus energy stores and/or suppress metabolism to make it through the winter. As the most energy-dense, and often most abundant, energy reserve in insects, lipids play a central role in diapause energetics. In this chapter, we provide an overview of lipid metabolism in the context of diapause. First, as this is the only chapter in this book that covers diapause, we present some of the general features of diapause. We then discuss the role of lipids as an essential energy store during diapause, focusing on patterns of lipid accumulation before diapause and patterns of utilization during diapause. In the next section, we outline some other roles of lipids during diapause in addition to their role as an energy store. Finally, we end the chapter by discussing the molecular regulation of lipid metabolism in diapause, which has received increased attention in recent years.</p>","PeriodicalId":7270,"journal":{"name":"Advances in experimental medicine and biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143655822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leonardo L Fruttero, Jimena Leyria, Lilián E Canavoso
{"title":"Insect Flight and Lipid Metabolism: Beyond the Classic Knowledge.","authors":"Leonardo L Fruttero, Jimena Leyria, Lilián E Canavoso","doi":"10.1007/5584_2024_849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2024_849","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Insects are the most successful animal group by various ecological and evolutionary metrics, including species count, adaptation diversity, biomass, and environmental influence. This book delves into the underlying reasons behind insects' dominance on Earth. Lipids play pivotal roles in insect biology, serving as fuel for physiological processes, signaling molecules, and structural components of biomembranes and providing waterproofing against dehydration, among other functions. The study of insect flight has been instrumental in advancing our understanding of insect metabolism, with the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) and the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) serving as prominent models. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, numerous studies shed light on the role of adipokinetic hormone (AKH), a crucial neuropeptide in lipid mobilization, to support the extraordinary energy demands of insect flight. Remarkably, AKH was the first identified peptide hormone in insects. These pioneering works linking lipids and flight laid the groundwork for subsequent research characterizing the physiological roles of other neuroendocrine factors in energy substrate mobilization across diverse insect species. However, in the omics era, one may be surprised by the limited understanding of the complex cascade of events governing lipid supply to insect flight muscles. Thus, this chapter aims to provide a concise overview of the evolutionary significance of insect flight, emphasizing key advancements that expand our classical knowledge in this field. Ultimately, we hope this chapter serves as a modest tribute to the pioneering researchers of one of the most captivating areas in insect biology, inspiring further exploration into the myriad roles of lipids in insect biology.</p>","PeriodicalId":7270,"journal":{"name":"Advances in experimental medicine and biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143655799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peptide Nanofibers and Skin Regeneration.","authors":"Sarah H Tekinay, Ayse B Tekinay","doi":"10.1007/5584_2024_845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2024_845","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Peptide nanofibers have been attractive targets for regenerative medicine applications due to their tailorability to be easily functionalized for specific bioactivity, biocompatibility, ease of synthesis, adjustability of their physicochemical characteristics, and lack of biological contamination. Research groups have investigated their use for the regeneration of various tissues, such as bone, cartilage, brain, peripheral nerves, cardiac tissue, vascular tissues, endocrine cells, muscles, etc., for the treatment of degenerative diseases or tissue loss due to accidents or aging. Wound healing and skin regeneration are among the most widely investigated research areas for peptide nanofibers as well. In this article, we reviewed the literature on the utilization of peptide nanofibers for various skin regeneration and dermal healing applications, aiming to give the readers a general view of how peptide nanofibers have been used for this purpose so far as well as provide new insight on which avenues more research is necessary to be able to apply these methods in clinics.</p>","PeriodicalId":7270,"journal":{"name":"Advances in experimental medicine and biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142998416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}