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Cell Biology: Latest Advances and Prospects

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2024 | Viewed by 2064

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Department Anatomy, Physiology And Animal Sciences, University of Forestry, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Interests: cytology; histology; embryology

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Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
Interests: retina; neurodegeneration; neuroprotection; retinal pigment epithelium; retinal function; age related macular degeneration; retinal organoids; hESCs; iPSCs
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Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction Acad. “Kiril Bratanov", 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Interests: stem cells; regenerative medicine; cancer

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The medicine of the future is personalized, artificially intelligent, safer, and more efficient. Stem cells are among the important players in the development of personalized regenerative medicine. Stem cells (embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, and adult stem cells) are isolated from various tissues and organs using diverse protocols that affect their abilities to self-renew and differentiate. An in-depth understanding of the practical aspects of stem cell isolation, in vitro maintenance, and characterization is needed for the development of effective stem-cell-based therapies.

In this Special Issue, our goal is to bring together research and review articles that demonstrate the recent progress in fundamental and applied studies on stem cells.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Opportunities and challenges in using stem cells in vivo and in vitro
  • Techniques for the isolation and characterization of human and animal stem cells
  • Three-dimensional stem cell culture systems
  • Stem cells in disease modeling
  • Applications of stem cells and/or their exosomes in medicine (dentistry, orthopedics, cardiology, neurology, wound healing, endocrinology, etc.)

Dr. Mihail S. Chervenkov
Dr. Darin Zerti
Dr. Elena N. Stoyanova
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Keywords

  • stem cells
  • disease modeling
  • stem cell culture systems
  • regenerative medicine

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Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells Isolated by Explant Culture Method from Wharton’s Jelly and Subamnion Possess Similar Biological Characteristics
by Snejana Kestendjieva, Mihail Chervenkov, Tsvetelina Oreshkova, Milena Mourdjeva and Elena Stoyanova
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(17), 8036; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14178036 - 8 Sep 2024
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Human umbilical cord (UC) is an attractive source of mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine due to its easy availability, non-invasive procedure of collection, and no ethical concerns. The aim of this study was to isolate MSCs from the [...] Read more.
Human umbilical cord (UC) is an attractive source of mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine due to its easy availability, non-invasive procedure of collection, and no ethical concerns. The aim of this study was to isolate MSCs from the Wharton’s jelly (WJ) and subamnion (SA) from the same umbilical cord by an optimized explant method, and to compare the morphology, proliferation, and stemness properties of the MSCs from both sources. Cells from the WJ and SA of six umbilical cords were characterized by flow cytometry, differentiation capacity and proliferation assays, immunofluorescence staining, and RT-PCR. The optimized explant method was successfully used to isolate WJ-MSCs and SA-MSCs. The MSCs from both sources showed similar patterns of growth kinetics, adipogenic and osteogenic potential, and the expression of pluripotency markers (OCT4, SOX2, NANOG, and SSEA-4). The current findings support the usage of the optimized explant method to generate a relatively homogenous population of MSCs from Wharton’s jelly and subamnion, which can facilitate the reproducibility of the results from experimental and practical applications of the obtained cells. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cell Biology: Latest Advances and Prospects)
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