The mission of the Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design is to unite interdisciplinary research efforts towards understanding the basic mechanisms by which organs and tissues are formed and maintained and to use this knowledge to regenerate or create replacement tissues and organs, improve stem cell therapies and effective organ transplantation systems that will correct acquired and genetic human disease.
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February 29, 2024
CPOD Faculty Publication Spotlight - Squarize Lab
Yujra VQ, Dantas da Silveira EJ, Ribeiro DA, Castilho RM, Squarize CH. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 2024 Feb;125(2):e30513. Clock gene Per2 modulates epidermal tissue repair in vivo .
January 15, 2024
CPOD Newletter Winter 2024 Edition
January 11, 2024
CPOD Faculty Publication Spotlight - Núñez Lab
Lo BC, Kryczek I, Yu J, Vatan L, Caruso R, Matsumoto M, Sato Y, Shaw MH, Inohara N, Xie Y, Lei YL, Zou W, Núñez G. Science. 2024 Jan 5;383(6678):62-70. Microbiota-dependent activation of CD4+ T cells induces CTLA-4 blockade-associated colitis via Fcγ receptors .