An international consortium of thousands of scientists is creating the Human Cell Atlas, a three-dimensional map of all the cells in the body. The goal is to understand all the cells that make up human tissues, organs and systems, which will enable multiple medical applications. This collection of cell maps is openly available for navigation at single-cell resolution, identified through omics analyses that reveal the tridimensional distribution of each cell.

The bromodomain and extra terminal domain (BET) family of proteins, including BRD4, regulates the transcription of multiple proinflammatory and immunoregulatory genes. BRD4 is involved in immune-related disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Previous studies reported that cellular communication network factor 1 (CCN1) is overexpressed in the endothelial cells and synovial tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). French researchers have now investigated the effects of inhibiting CCN1 in two murine models of RA with the aim of proposing CCN1 as a potential therapeutic target in RA.

Poseida Therapeutics Inc. has updated progress made in its early-stage pipeline of differentiated T stem cell memory cell-rich allogeneic CAR T therapies in oncology and autoimmune diseases.

Satellos Bioscience Inc. has developed and presented data for a compound that targeted the process of muscle regeneration based on modulation of satellite stem cell polarity.

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a severe muscle disorder caused by aberrant DUX4 mRNA expression in skeletal muscle. DUX4 activates downstream target transcriptome, known as D4T, leading to myofiber loss and muscle weakness.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe and progressive disorder caused by mutations in the dystrophin (DMD) gene that lead to malfunction or absence of dystrophin. This protein stabilizes the sarcolemma and protects muscle cells during contraction.