Recent scientific publications authored by stem cell and regenerative medicine (RM) researchers

SEPTEMBER

Responders vs. non-responders to mesenchymal stromal cells in knee osteoarthritis: Mechanistic correlates of donor cell and patient features.
Robb KP, Rabani R, Vohra S, Singh S, Chahal J, Audet J, Perruccio AV, Naraghi A, Gandhi R, Espin-Garcia O, Viswanathan S.Stem Cell Reports. 2026 Aug 6:103024. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2026.103024. Online ahead of print.PMID: 42561945 Free article.

A proteomic investigation of forebrain regeneration in the leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius).
Noble AI, Payne SL, Vickaryous MK.Dev Dyn. 2026 Aug 19. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.70181. Online ahead of print.PMID: 42615433

Alignment of registered cell therapy trial protocols with regulatory guidance on preclinical evidence: a systematic, cross-sectional, protocol-level analysis.
Jeffers MS, Tangamornsuksan W, Dorus B, Bedford P, Kimmelman J, McIsaac DI, Fergusson DA, Lalu MM.EBioMedicine. 2026 Aug 28;131:106456. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106456. Online ahead of print.PMID: 42664603 Free article.

Heart-on-a-chip and vasculature-on-a-chip platforms as models of cardiovascular disease.
Khosravi R, Radisic M.Nat Rev Cardiol. 2026 Aug;23(8):537-554. doi: 10.1038/s41569-026-01255-1. Epub 2026 Feb 11.PMID: 41673471 Review.

iPSC generation from PBMCs of a MELAS patient for mitochondrial dysfunction studies.
Sharma G, Srivastava A, Rockman-Greenberg C, Dhingra S.Stem Cell Res. 2026 Aug;94:103992. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2026.103992. Epub 2026 Apr 16.PMID: 42024990 Free article. 

Engineering human T cells with antigen receptors for immune regulation in autoimmune disease and transplantation.
Mangat S, Tuomela K, Levings MK.Mol Ther. 2026 Aug 5;34(8):4407-4421. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2026.05.017. Epub 2026 May 26.PMID: 42198842 Review.

Nanofibrous Bioabsorbable Functionalized Scaffolds Augment Subcutaneous Islet Engraftment and Function in Mice.
Kuppan P, Castro C, Paramor J, Waduthanthri KD, Cuesta-Gomez N, Bose A, Ma I, Rosko M, Pepper AR, Korbutt GS.Diabetes. 2026 Aug 1;75(8):1424-1436. doi: 10.2337/db26-0149.PMID: 42240469

Extracellular vesicles in patients affected by burns: Unraveling clinical, immunological, and therapeutic dimensions.
Caya R, Mareux E, Arif S, Moulin VJ.Burns. 2026 Aug;52(6):107984. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2026.107984. Epub 2026 Mar 25.PMID: 42134105 Free article. Review.

Prime Editing Mediated Generation and Correction of the mdx5cv Mutation Restores Dystrophin Expression in Myoblasts.
Siddika A, Husseiny FE, Rousseau J, Tremblay JP.Int J Mol Sci. 2026 Aug 1;27(15):6927. doi: 10.3390/ijms27156927.PMID: 42589580 Free PMC article.

Serum-Free Expanded Hair Follicle Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Cartilage Repair in a Murine Full-Thickness Defect Model.
Sun H, Gysel E, Larijani L, Young D, Dufour A, Fayyad M, Fatehi A, Ahmed N, Shah T, Kallos MS, Taylor D, Krawetz RJ.Transplant Cell Ther. 2026 Aug 4:S2666-6367(26)00592-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2026.07.030. Online ahead of print.PMID: 42551700 Free article.

AUGUST 

Patient-Derived 3D Heart-On-a-Chip Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy With Embedded Bead-Based Mapping of Tissue Contractility.
Mousavi A, Mouttet L, Cui S, Hekmatnia Y, Mottahedi M, Derish I, Rafatian N, Aurousseau M, Andelfinger G, Cecere R, Savoji H. Adv Healthc Mater. 2026 Jul 25:e71464. doi: 10.1002/adhm.71464. Online ahead of print.PMID: 42500934

Helping Underdeveloped Lungs with Cells (HULC-2): mesenchymal stromal cells in extreme preterm infants at risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia – a study protocol of a phase 2 multicentre double blind randomised controlled trial in Canada.
Renesme L, Ferretti E, Horth C, Grimwood R, Da Sylva L, Olson V, Cyr-Depauw C, Freund D, Rüdiger M, Möbius MA, Hodgins S, Khan S, Courtman D, Fergusson DA, Thebaud B.BMJ Open. 2026 Jul 6;16(7):e112385. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-112385.PMID: 42409407 Free PMC article.

Regenerative Index: a method to assess muscle regeneration in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Smid JK, McPherson CA, Monast JG, Rayagiri SSS, Moore SA, Rudnicki MA. Skelet Muscle. 2026 Jul 1. doi: 10.1186/s13395-026-00436-3. Online ahead of print.PMID: 42387635 Free article.

Engineering adaptive self-healing biomaterials from jammed microfluidic elastomeric particles.
Kieda J, Ramsay K, Jiang R, Landau S, Khosravi R, Liu C, Shakeri A, Wagner KT, Abdo D, Popovic AM, Farley S, Elvira KS, Radisic M. Mater Today Bio. 2026 Jul 20;39:103473. doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2026.103473. eCollection 2026 Aug.PMID: 42540479 Free PMC article.

Engineering the esophagus: advances, challenges, and translational pathways in esophageal tissue reconstruction.
Nemati A, David A, Zhang Y, Savoji H, Faure C. Biofabrication. 2026 Jul 20;18(3). doi: 10.1088/1758-5090/ae80ff.PMID: 42335933 Review.

Microfluidic platforms for precision delivery of therapeutic cells in regenerative and personalized medicine.
Mirlohi MS, Akar S, Yazdani K, Alizadeh Sardroud H, Fardindoost S, Taemeh MA, Achuthan M, Singh S, Tibbits G, Hadjati J, Collins C, Hoorfar M, Karimi MH, Akbari M. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2026 Jul;234:115865. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2026.115865. Epub 2026 Apr 2.PMID: 41935637 Free article. Review.

Innovative Sutureless Fabrication Strategy for Tissue-Engineered Pediatric Heart Valves Using an Evolutive Support System.
Rioux Y, Fradette J, Hayward CJ, Séguin V, Maciel Y, Bégin-Drolet A, Ruel J. Ann Biomed Eng. 2026 Jul 28. doi: 10.1007/s10439-026-04303-6. Online ahead of print.PMID: 42521966

Hydrogel degradation products as immunomodulatory cues in neural injury: mechanisms and implications for neural repair.
Kishore J, Owen La Boucan FS, Abazari MF, Baldo KA, Awogbindin IO, Akhavan A, Tremblay MÈ, Willerth SM. J Mater Chem B. 2026 Jul 29;14(29):8917-8946. doi: 10.1039/d6tb00368k.PMID: 42417245 Review.

Advances in lung biomimetic systems: exploring biophysical cues in lung regenerative medicine.
Bian S, Say J, Brinson D, Karoubi G. Trends Biotechnol. 2026 Jul;44(7):1892-1907. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.11.009. Epub 2025 Dec 6.PMID: 41354607 Review.

Elezanumab for the treatment of spinal cord injury: assessing the clinical development journey to date.
Mothe AJ, Monnier PP, Tator CH, Fehlings MG. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2026 Jul;35(7):519-531. doi: 10.1080/13543784.2026.2698524. Epub 2026 Jul 9.PMID: 42412633 Review.

Protocol to purify human and mouse cytokines using an endotoxin-free Escherichia coli-based platform.
Kim JY, Xin J, Kuo IC, Chen SX, Kabil A, Chang KW, Shakiba N, McNagny KM, He Y.STAR Protoc. 2026 Jul 9;7(3):104698. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2026.104698. Online ahead of print.PMID: 42430242 Free PMC article.

Understanding Human Cortical Expansion Using Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Brain Organoids: Insights Into Progenitor Evolution and Diversity.
Choi WWY, Muffat J, Li Y. J Neurochem. 2026 Jul;170(7):e70527. doi: 10.1111/jnc.70527.PMID: 42478603 Free PMC article. Review.

Co-culture of bone marrow-derived macrophages with aged primary myoblasts.
Arsenault R, Ziadeh A, Green A, Dort J. Biol Methods Protoc. 2026 Jul 11;11(1):bpag041. doi: 10.1093/biomethods/bpag041. eCollection 2026.PMID: 42524346 Free PMC article.

Newborn screening reduces survival disparities in SCID after stem cell transplant: A PIDTC report.
Winestone LE, Logan BR, Liu X, Williams O, Dunn EA, Thakar MS, Kidd SA, Mousallem T, Dorsey MJ, O’Reilly RJ, Kapoor N, Forbes Satter L, Kapadia M, Jyonouchi SC, Chandra S, Ebens CL, Chellapandian D, Chaudhury S, Chen K, Dávila Saldaña BJ, Rayes A, Quigg TC, Chandrakasan S, Bednarski JJ, DeSantes KB, Teira P, Gillio AP, Eissa H, Knutsen AP, Aquino VM, Shereck EB, Moore TB, Caywood EH, Vander Lugt MT, Rozmus J, Broglie L, Yu LC, Shah AJ, Joshi AY, Buckley RH, Dara J, Oved JH, Abdel Azim H, Martinez CA, Prockop S, Sullivan KE, Bleesing JJ, Keller MD, Madden LM, Parikh S, Shenoy S, Seroogy CM, Rubin T, Licata J, Andolina JR, Kohn DB, Burroughs L, Leiding JW, Marsh RA, Notarangelo LD, Pai SY, Torgerson TR, Pulsipher MA, Heimall J, Cuvelier GDE, Griffith LM, Puck JM, Dvorak CC, Cowan MJ, Haddad E. J Hum Immun. 2026 Jul 7;2(5):e20250231. doi: 10.70962/jhi.20250231. eCollection 2026 Sep 7.PMID: 42416786 Free PMC article.

Ferritin as a Pre-Transplant Biomarker for Post-Transplant Outcomes in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Using Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide.
Rodriguez-Rodriguez S, Chiarello C, Desai N, Remberger M, Chen C, Al-Shaibani E, Alfaro Moya T, Law AD, Pasic I, Viswabandya A, Michelis FV, Kim DDH, Kumar R, Mattsson J, Novitzky-Basso I.Transplant Cell Ther. 2026 Jul;32(7):854.e1-854.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2026.03.015. Epub 2026 Mar 14.PMID: 41839367

Bright Ferritin for Non-Invasive MRI Monitoring of the Fate of Transplanted hPSC-Cardiomyocytes in the Infarcted Rat Heart.
Zhuang K, Alibhai FJ, Qiang B, Romagnuolo R, Vollett KDW, Freeman BKC, Gomez-Garcia MJ, Sadikov Valdman T, Ganesh T, Zhou YQ, Cheng HM, Laflamme MA, Cheng HM.Magn Reson Med. 2026 Jul;96(1):323-338. doi: 10.1002/mrm.70316. Epub 2026 Feb 26.PMID: 41749058 Free PMC article.

Single-cell multiomic approaches define a gradual, spatially regulated epigenetic and transcriptional transition from embryonic to adult neural stem cells.
Wang BS, Karamboulas K, Tahmasian N, Dennis DJ, Kaplan DR, Miller FD. Stem Cell Reports. 2026 Jul 14;21(7):102967. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2026.102967. Epub 2026 Jun 18.PMID: 42314674 Free PMC article.