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ArticleNature cardiovascular research2025

A non-canonical aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway authorizes and safeguards clinical-scale expansion of functional human endothelial cells.

Yang Lin, Fuqiang Geng, Jae-Hung Shieh, Lisa K Torres, Musia Sominskaia, Meng Gao, Matthew Wingo, Kevin Chen, Samir Rustam, Raul Chavez and 6 more

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Article in Nature cardiovascular research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Yang Lin *Division of Regenerative Medicine, Hartman Institute for Therapeutic Organ Regeneration, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. yal4002@med.cornell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0709-2468
Fuqiang Geng *Division of Regenerative Medicine, Hartman Institute for Therapeutic Organ Regeneration, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Jae-Hung ShiehNew York-Presbyterian Hospital, Investigational Cellular Therapy Lab, New York, NY, USA.
Lisa K TorresDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Musia SominskaiaDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Hartman Institute for Therapeutic Organ Regeneration, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Meng GaoDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Hartman Institute for Therapeutic Organ Regeneration, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Matthew WingoDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4901-9605
Kevin ChenDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Hartman Institute for Therapeutic Organ Regeneration, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1929-1146
Samir RustamDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0024-190X
Raul ChavezDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Hartman Institute for Therapeutic Organ Regeneration, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Renat ShaykhievDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Aleksandra KopaczDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Hartman Institute for Therapeutic Organ Regeneration, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Bradley PearsonDepartment of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
David RedmondDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Hartman Institute for Therapeutic Organ Regeneration, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0983-8606
Ryan SchreinerDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Hartman Institute for Therapeutic Organ Regeneration, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7457-6606
Shahin RafiiDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Hartman Institute for Therapeutic Organ Regeneration, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. srafii@med.cornell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-1067

Funding

Adaptable tissue-specific endothelial cells for organ regenerationR35HL150809 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Shahin Rafii · 2020 to 2026
$7.1M
Endothelial cell transplantation for multi-organ repair to counter radiation injuryU01AI138329 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI KIEM, HANS-PETER, RAFII, SHAHIN · 2018 to 2022
$3.3M
Niche signals in HSC genesisRC2DK114777 · NIDDK · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI BERNSTEIN, IRWIN D, RAFII, SHAHIN · 2017 to 2021
$3.3M
Derivation of pancreatic islet-like organoids from human gastric stem cellsR01DK133332 · NIDDK · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI RAFII, SHAHIN · 2022 to 2025
$2.3M
Molecular Determinants of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells for hepatic regenerationR01DK136327 · NIDDK · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Shahin Rafii · 2023 to 2026
$1.8M
Human iPSC intestine mimetics with integrated mesenchymal, endothelial and enteric nervous tissueR01DK137806 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Jason Spence · 2024 to 2026
$1.5M
American Heart Association (American Heart Association, Inc.) 25CDA1444258American Heart Association (American Heart Association, Inc.) 836459NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL150809NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK133332NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK136327NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK137806NIDDK NIH HHS RC2 DK114777U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) HL150809U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) U01AI138329
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue-specific endothelial cells (ECs) regulate metabolism, inflammation, coagulation, organ development and regeneration. However, therapeutic application of EC transplantation requires scalable expansion of engraftable ECs that sustain their angiogenic and angiocrine functions. Here we identify a non-canonical aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) pathway switched on by canonical AHR inhibitors that reactivates quiescent EC proliferation. Incubation of tissue-specific human ECs with AHR inhibitors, such as StemRegenin1 (SR1), increased EC proliferation by three-fold within an 8-day period. AHR inhibitors induced 100-fold greater expansion of 200,000 primary human adipose ECs to 2.4 × 10

Indexed as

Basic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCell ProliferationEndothelial CellsNeovascularization, PhysiologicReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonAnimalsCells, CulturedHumansMiceOrnithine DecarboxylasePolyaminesPurinesReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionAHR protein, humanBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsOrnithine DecarboxylasePolyaminesPurinesReactive Oxygen SpeciesReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonStemRegenin 1

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PMID41087734
PMCPMC13077724

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