Cell stem cellPub Date : 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2025.12.010
Ross D Jones, Kevin Salim, Laura N Stankiewicz, John M Edgar, Lorna Leon, Jana K Gillies, Ali Murtaza, Lauren J Durland, Divy Raval, Charles Lau, Thristan Paulo B Taberna, Han Hsuan Hsu, Carla Zimmerman, Yale S Michaels, Fabio M V Rossi, Megan K Levings, Peter W Zandstra
{"title":"Tunable differentiation of human CD4<sup>+</sup> and CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells from pluripotent stem cells.","authors":"Ross D Jones, Kevin Salim, Laura N Stankiewicz, John M Edgar, Lorna Leon, Jana K Gillies, Ali Murtaza, Lauren J Durland, Divy Raval, Charles Lau, Thristan Paulo B Taberna, Han Hsuan Hsu, Carla Zimmerman, Yale S Michaels, Fabio M V Rossi, Megan K Levings, Peter W Zandstra","doi":"10.1016/j.stem.2025.12.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stem.2025.12.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Allogeneic T cell therapies are a highly desirable option to circumvent the cost and complexity of using autologous T cells to treat diseases. Allogeneic CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells can be made from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), but deriving CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells from PSCs has remained a significant challenge. Using feeder- and serum-free conditions, we found that CD4<sup>+</sup> vs. CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell commitment from PSCs can be controlled by fine-tuning the dynamics of Notch and T cell receptor (TCR) signaling delivered to CD4<sup>+</sup>CD8<sup>+</sup> double-positive T cells. Notch signaling negatively impacts CD4<sup>+</sup> T cell commitment, and its timed removal allows generation of clonally diverse and expandable CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells from PSCs. The resulting CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells respond to cytokine-mediated polarization by differentiating into Th1, Th2, or Th17 cells, recapitulating canonical helper cell function. These findings represent a significant step toward using PSC-derived CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells as a low-cost, off-the-shelf cell therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":93928,"journal":{"name":"Cell stem cell","volume":"33 1","pages":"73-90.e14"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145947060","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}
Cell stem cellPub Date : 2026-01-08Epub Date: 2025-12-30DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2025.12.004
Ferdi Ridvan Kiral, Woo Sub Yang, Onur Iyilikci, Xiaona Lu, Jonghun Kim, Mu Seog Choe, Cynthia Lo, Mei Zhong, Kun-Yong Kim, Yong-Hui Jiang, In-Hyun Park
{"title":"Generation of human pineal gland organoids with melatonin production for disease modeling.","authors":"Ferdi Ridvan Kiral, Woo Sub Yang, Onur Iyilikci, Xiaona Lu, Jonghun Kim, Mu Seog Choe, Cynthia Lo, Mei Zhong, Kun-Yong Kim, Yong-Hui Jiang, In-Hyun Park","doi":"10.1016/j.stem.2025.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stem.2025.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The pineal gland regulates circadian rhythms through melatonin production, yet human studies are limited by poor tissue access. To overcome this, we developed human pineal gland organoids (hPGOs) from pluripotent stem cells, modeling pineal development and function. Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed distinct mature and developing pinealocyte populations with transcriptomic profiles closely resembling the in vivo pineal gland. hPGOs produce melatonin, express adrenergic receptors, and respond to noradrenaline, mimicking physiological regulation. To model disease-related impairments, we generated hPGOs from Angelman syndrome (AS) patient-derived iPSCs, which exhibit disrupted pinealocyte differentiation and markedly reduced melatonin synthesis, reflecting AS-related developmental pathology. Additionally, transplanted hPGOs restored circulating melatonin in pinealectomized mice, demonstrating their potential for cell-therapy approaches. These findings establish hPGOs as a robust platform for probing pineal development, circadian regulation, and their disruption in neurodevelopmental and sleep-related disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":93928,"journal":{"name":"Cell stem cell","volume":" ","pages":"91-107.e9"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12925488/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145879369","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}
Cell stem cellPub Date : 2026-01-08Epub Date: 2025-12-29DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2025.12.007
Ryoma Endo, Shinya Sugimoto, Yutaro Kuwashima, Mami Matano, Hikaru Hanyu, Sirirat Takahashi, Hirochika Kato, Taku Tanaka, Andreas Michael Sihombing, Koji Shirosaki, Yoshiko Hatano, Yuki Sugiura, Takanori Kanai, Motoshi Wada, Toshiro Sato
{"title":"Niche-preserving transplantation promotes functional engraftment of intestinal organoids in rat short bowel syndrome.","authors":"Ryoma Endo, Shinya Sugimoto, Yutaro Kuwashima, Mami Matano, Hikaru Hanyu, Sirirat Takahashi, Hirochika Kato, Taku Tanaka, Andreas Michael Sihombing, Koji Shirosaki, Yoshiko Hatano, Yuki Sugiura, Takanori Kanai, Motoshi Wada, Toshiro Sato","doi":"10.1016/j.stem.2025.12.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stem.2025.12.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a life-threatening condition in which outcomes often critically depend on ileal function, the only intestinal segment specialized for bile acid uptake and efficient fat absorption. However, whether restoring ileal epithelium-specific nutrient absorption can ameliorate SBS has remained unknown. Here, we demonstrate a niche-preserving transplantation strategy enabling highly efficient engraftment of intestinal organoids into the rat small intestine. Clearing luminal mucus with N-acetylcysteine facilitates ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)-based epithelial detachment, enabling removal of Lgr5<sup>+</sup> stem cells while preserving the stromal niche. This preconditioning increased the engrafted area and enabled the generation of an ilealized jejunum that improved body-weight trajectories and survival in rat SBS. Furthermore, the engrafted epithelia endowed the jejunum with bile acid absorption capacity. These findings provide in vivo evidence for stem cell niche theory, showing that the niche is essential to accommodate donor stem cells, and establish ilealized jejunum as a path toward autologous, region-targeted therapy for SBS.</p>","PeriodicalId":93928,"journal":{"name":"Cell stem cell","volume":" ","pages":"157-165.e6"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145866914","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}
Cell stem cellPub Date : 2024-11-07Epub Date: 2024-08-26DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2024.08.002
Benjamin L L Clayton, Lilianne Barbar, Maria Sapar, Kriti Kalpana, Chandrika Rao, Bianca Migliori, Tomasz Rusielewicz, Daniel Paull, Katie Brenner, Dorota Moroziewicz, Ilana Katz Sand, Patrizia Casaccia, Paul J Tesar, Valentina Fossati
{"title":"Patient iPSC models reveal glia-intrinsic phenotypes in multiple sclerosis.","authors":"Benjamin L L Clayton, Lilianne Barbar, Maria Sapar, Kriti Kalpana, Chandrika Rao, Bianca Migliori, Tomasz Rusielewicz, Daniel Paull, Katie Brenner, Dorota Moroziewicz, Ilana Katz Sand, Patrizia Casaccia, Paul J Tesar, Valentina Fossati","doi":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.08.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in neurological disability that worsens over time. While progress has been made in defining the immune system's role in MS pathophysiology, the contribution of intrinsic CNS cell dysfunction remains unclear. Here, we generated a collection of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from people with MS spanning diverse clinical subtypes and differentiated them into glia-enriched cultures. Using single-cell transcriptomic profiling and orthogonal analyses, we observed several distinguishing characteristics of MS cultures pointing to glia-intrinsic disease mechanisms. We found that primary progressive MS-derived cultures contained fewer oligodendrocytes. Moreover, MS-derived oligodendrocyte lineage cells and astrocytes showed increased expression of immune and inflammatory genes, matching those of glia from MS postmortem brains. Thus, iPSC-derived MS models provide a unique platform for dissecting glial contributions to disease phenotypes independent of the peripheral immune system and identify potential glia-specific targets for therapeutic intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":93928,"journal":{"name":"Cell stem cell","volume":" ","pages":"1701-1713.e8"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11560525/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142082836","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}
Cell stem cellPub Date : 2024-09-05Epub Date: 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2024.07.007
Kenneth D Poss, Elly M Tanaka
{"title":"Hallmarks of regeneration.","authors":"Kenneth D Poss, Elly M Tanaka","doi":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.07.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.07.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Regeneration is a heroic biological process that restores tissue architecture and function in the face of day-to-day cell loss or the aftershock of injury. Capacities and mechanisms for regeneration can vary widely among species, organs, and injury contexts. Here, we describe \"hallmarks\" of regeneration found in diverse settings of the animal kingdom, including activation of a cell source, initiation of regenerative programs in the source, interplay with supporting cell types, and control of tissue size and function. We discuss these hallmarks with an eye toward major challenges and applications of regenerative biology.</p>","PeriodicalId":93928,"journal":{"name":"Cell stem cell","volume":" ","pages":"1244-1261"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11410156/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142010120","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}
Cell stem cellPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-06-14DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2024.05.008
Jason S Kirk, Jie Wang, Mark Long, Spencer Rosario, Amanda Tracz, Yibing Ji, Rahul Kumar, Xiaozhuo Liu, Anmbreen Jamroze, Prashant K Singh, Igor Puzanov, Gurkamal Chatta, Qing Cheng, Jiaoti Huang, Jeffrey L Wrana, Jonathan Lovell, Han Yu, Song Liu, Michael M Shen, Tao Liu, Dean G Tang
{"title":"Integrated single-cell analysis defines the epigenetic basis of castration-resistant prostate luminal cells.","authors":"Jason S Kirk, Jie Wang, Mark Long, Spencer Rosario, Amanda Tracz, Yibing Ji, Rahul Kumar, Xiaozhuo Liu, Anmbreen Jamroze, Prashant K Singh, Igor Puzanov, Gurkamal Chatta, Qing Cheng, Jiaoti Huang, Jeffrey L Wrana, Jonathan Lovell, Han Yu, Song Liu, Michael M Shen, Tao Liu, Dean G Tang","doi":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.05.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.05.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Understanding prostate response to castration and androgen receptor signaling inhibitors (ARSI) is critical to improving long-term prostate cancer (PCa) patient survival. Here, we use a multi-omics approach on 229,794 single cells to create a mouse single-cell reference atlas for interpreting mouse prostate biology and castration response. Our reference atlas refines single-cell annotations and provides a chromatin context, which, when coupled with mouse lineage tracing, demonstrates that castration-resistant luminal cells are distinct from the pre-existent urethra-proximal stem/progenitor cells. Molecular pathway analysis and therapeutic studies further implicate AP1 (JUN/FOS), WNT/β-catenin, FOXQ1, NF-κB, and JAK/STAT pathways as major drivers of castration-resistant luminal populations with relevance to human PCa. Our datasets, which can be explored through an interactive portal (https://visportal.roswellpark.org/data/tang/), can aid in developing combination treatments with ARSI for advanced PCa patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":93928,"journal":{"name":"Cell stem cell","volume":" ","pages":"1203-1221.e7"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11297676/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141328143","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}
Cell stem cellPub Date : 2024-07-05DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2024.06.008
Kyle A LaBella, Efren A Reyes, Louis Vermeulen
{"title":"Oscillation steers differentiation.","authors":"Kyle A LaBella, Efren A Reyes, Louis Vermeulen","doi":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.06.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.06.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The differentiation trajectories defining enteroendocrine (EE) cell heterogeneity remain obscure. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Singh et al.<sup>1</sup> map the differentiation landscape of EE cells, identifying early oscillating cell progenitor states, which play a critical role in generating terminal EE cell diversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":93928,"journal":{"name":"Cell stem cell","volume":"31 7","pages":"943-945"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141545709","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}
Cell stem cellPub Date : 2024-07-05DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2024.06.006
Xiaoqian Ji, Qiyuan Wang, Nan Cao
{"title":"Monkey see, monkey do: Tracking iPS-cardiomyocyte survival and maturation in autografts.","authors":"Xiaoqian Ji, Qiyuan Wang, Nan Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.06.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte (iPSC-CM) therapy has emerged as a highly promising field of heart repair. Lin et al.<sup>1</sup> presented compelling evidence on the long-term engraftment and maturation of autologous iPSC-CMs in two rhesus macaques, demonstrating unprecedented cardiac autografting data in large animal models without the need of immunosuppressants.</p>","PeriodicalId":93928,"journal":{"name":"Cell stem cell","volume":"31 7","pages":"941-943"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141545708","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}
Cell stem cellPub Date : 2024-07-05DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2024.05.009
Sara Viragova, Dong Li, Ophir D Klein
{"title":"Activation of fetal-like molecular programs during regeneration in the intestine and beyond.","authors":"Sara Viragova, Dong Li, Ophir D Klein","doi":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.05.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stem.2024.05.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tissue regeneration after damage is generally thought to involve the mobilization of adult stem cells that divide and differentiate into progressively specialized progeny. However, recent studies indicate that tissue regeneration can be accompanied by reversion to a fetal-like state. During this process, cells at the injury site reactivate programs that operate during fetal development but are typically absent in adult homeostasis. Here, we summarize our current understanding of the molecular signals and epigenetic mediators that orchestrate \"fetal-like reversion\" during intestinal regeneration. We also explore evidence for this phenomenon in other organs and species and highlight open questions that merit future examination.</p>","PeriodicalId":93928,"journal":{"name":"Cell stem cell","volume":"31 7","pages":"949-960"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11235077/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141545706","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}