Kowalska K

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 2019-2024
2024
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3931243/v1

Abstract Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) is implicated in both mesothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (MMT) and cellular senescence of human peritoneal mesothelial cells (HPMCs). We previously showed that senescent HPMCs could spontane…

2024
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-024-63250-1

Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) is implicated in both mesothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (MMT) and cellular senescence of human peritoneal mesothelial cells (HPMCs). We previously showed that senescent HPMCs could spontaneously acqu…

2020
Cancers ·doi:10.3390/cancers12030711

Claudins are major integral proteins of tight junctions (TJs), the apical cell-cell adhesions that enable maintaining polarity of epithelial cells, their differentiation, and cell signaling. A number of studies have indicated that claudins …

2020
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm9062006

Granulosa cells (GCs) have many functions and are fundamental for both folliculogenesis and oogenesis, releasing hormones and communicating directly with the oocyte. Long-term in vitro cultures of GCs show significant stem-like characterist…

2019
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm8122026

Granulosa cells (GCs) are a population of somatic cells whose role after ovulation is progesterone production. GCs were collected from patients undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation during an in vitro fertilization procedure, and they w…