Teasing apart their specific functions is crucial for developing appropriate treatments, Santi said. Fibroblasts can switch between phenotypes, and the methods used by scientists to isolate and ...
Our research focuses on the tumor-permissive molecular mechanisms underlying cancer-associated fibroblast function as well as immune suppression ... including mouse models of pancreatic cancer, ...
Pancreas cells may produce a protein that can protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease. In individuals with Alzheimer's disease, a peptide known as amyloid-β accumulates and forms tangled plaques.
Myeong-Hwa Song. The team has unveiled an innovative technique to convert fibroblasts—common connective tissue cells—into mature and functional induced cardiomyocytes (iCMs). Their method ...