POU5F1 expression

Extending to differentiation, integrin-ECM crosstalk directs lineage commitment across diverse fates, including hematopoietic, cardiovascular, neural, hepatic, epithelial, endodermal, and oligodendroglial lineages, by fine-tuning signaling specificity and ECM composition. This review focuses on recent advances in the mechanistic interplay between integrin signaling and ECM proteins in hPSC maintenance, mechanotransduction, and lineage-directed differentiation, emphasizing defined culture systems and their translational potential in regenerative medicine.

Connectivity profiling highlighted actionable vulnerabilities, including NF-κB, WNT, and telomerase inhibition pathways. Together, these data define an aggressive telomerase-engaged, pluripotency-driven CSC-like state in PDAC and suggest testable therapeutic strategies that target TERThigh dependencies.

Our integrated computational and clinical analyses indicate that the piR-823/PIWIL1/DNMT3B/CDH1 axis is a putative epigenetic regulator of EMT and cancer stemness in ovarian cancer. Additionally, piR-823 may serve as a promising prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target, offering novel insights into OC pathogenesis and treatment.

NANOG shows promise for a potential predictive role in patients with endometrial hyperplasia, with moderate/high expression indicating a higher risk. SOX2's role was unclear but age-related. Further studies are needed to validate these findings and explore hormonal links.

Furthermore, we demonstrated that PP7080 may enhance cancer stemness features by counteracting the tumor-suppressive effect of miR-601. Targeting PP7080 may offer a promising therapeutic strategy for oral cancer by reducing cancer stemness.

The quality and health of these embryos, measured by their development and important growth markers, were also similar. These findings provide hopeful news for young girls who receive certain types of chemotherapy, who may still have the option to use IVF in the future without increased risk of embryo damage during freezing.

ALKBH5 was found to demethylate the m6A of AXIN2 mRNA, reducing IGF2BP1-mediated stabilization of AXIN2 mRNA, leading to its destabilization and reduced expression, which subsequently hyperactivated the Wnt/β-catenin signaling. These results highlight the role of the ALKBH5-m6A-AXIN2-Wnt/β-catenin axis in Cd-induced stemness and proliferation in colon cancer, offering new insights into Cd-associated CRC development.

Andrographolide exerts anti-cancer effects through mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis, while paradoxically increases OCT4 expression. These findings may indicate an adaptive cellular survival mechanism, in which OCT4 up-regulation and TOMM20 down-regulation are correlated with cancer-like characteristics.

Notably, tumor positivity for c-MYC and ALDH1A1 was associated with longer disease-specific survival, thus suggesting their role as tumor suppressors. Our findings underline the stemness phenotype as a prognostic model for ITAC, supporting the clinical plausibility of Yamanaka factors in sinonasal cancer prediction.

ATZ exerts dose- and genotype-dependent effects on IVS through coordinated regulation of oxidative stress and apoptosis. These findings highlight the interplay between Nrf2-mediated antioxidant defenses, apoptotic signaling, and genetic background in shaping spermatogenic outcomes, providing mechanistic insight into ATZ-induced reproductive toxicity in a human-relevant in vitro spermatogenesis model.

Our findings reveal a mechanistic link between dysadherin-mediated cell adhesion signaling and the transcriptional regulation of both stemness and immune escape. Collectively, these findings establish the dysadherin/YAP axis as a key driver of HCC progression and resistance, and highlight it as a compelling therapeutic target that could overcome treatment failure in advanced liver cancer.

HBx-SENP1's role in regulating CSC-associated properties was examined in vitro (stemness expression, sphere formation, CD133+ cells, migration/invasion, and sorafenib sensitivity) and in vivo using an orthotopic xenograft model...Findings from this research highlight that HBx-induced SENP1 is crucial for promoting CSC-associated properties in HCC. SENP1 could serve as a novel biomarker of early tumor recurrence and metastasis, especially for HBV-related HCC.