Specification and epigenetic programming of the human germ line

WWC Tang, T Kobayashi, N Irie, S Dietmann… - Nature Reviews …, 2016‏ - nature.com
Primordial germ cells (PGCs), the precursors of sperm and eggs, are established in
perigastrulation-stage embryos in mammals. Signals from extra-embryonic tissues induce a …

Ground rules of the pluripotency gene regulatory network

M Li, JCI Belmonte - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017‏ - nature.com
Pluripotency is a state that exists transiently in the early embryo and, remarkably, can be
recapitulated in vitro by deriving embryonic stem cells or by reprogramming somatic cells to …

Failure of human rhombic lip differentiation underlies medulloblastoma formation

LD Hendrikse, P Haldipur, O Saulnier, J Millman… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Medulloblastoma (MB) comprises a group of heterogeneous paediatric embryonal
neoplasms of the hindbrain with strong links to early development of the hindbrain …

CRISPR and biochemical screens identify MAZ as a cofactor in CTCF-mediated insulation at Hox clusters

H Ortabozkoyun, PY Huang, H Cho, V Narendra… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) is critical to three-dimensional genome organization. Upon
differentiation, CTCF insulates active and repressed genes within Hox gene clusters. We …

Pioneer and PRDM transcription factors coordinate bivalent epigenetic states to safeguard cell fate

S Matsui, M Granitto, M Buckley, K Ludwig, S Koigi… - Molecular cell, 2024‏ - cell.com
Pioneer transcription factors (TFs) regulate cell fate by establishing transcriptionally primed
and active states. However, cell fate control requires the coordination of both lineage …

Sequential enhancer state remodelling defines human germline competence and specification

WWC Tang, A Castillo-Venzor, WH Gruhn… - Nature cell …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Germline–soma segregation is a fundamental event during mammalian embryonic
development. Here we establish the epigenetic principles of human primordial germ cell …

Ovarian life cycle

JF Strauss III, CJ Williams - Yen and Jaffe's reproductive endocrinology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The ovary is a dynamic organ that undergoes some of the most dramatic changes in
structure and function of any adult human tissue. The follicles are the major endocrine and …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding the circuitry of pluripotency by selective isolation of chromatin-associated proteins

MR Rafiee, C Girardot, G Sigismondo, J Krijgsveld - Molecular cell, 2016‏ - cell.com
Maintenance of pluripotency is regulated by a network of transcription factors coordinated by
Oct4, Sox2, and Nanog (OSN), yet a systematic investigation of the composition and …

[HTML][HTML] Distal and proximal cis-regulatory elements sense X chromosome dosage and developmental state at the **st locus

RAF Gjaltema, T Schwämmle, P Kautz, M Robson… - Molecular Cell, 2022‏ - cell.com
Developmental genes such as **st, which initiates X chromosome inactivation, are
controlled by complex cis-regulatory landscapes, which decode multiple signals to establish …

Dppa2 and Dppa4 counteract de novo methylation to establish a permissive epigenome for development

KH Gretarsson, JA Hackett - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2020‏ - nature.com
Early mammalian development entails genome-wide epigenome remodeling, including
DNA methylation erasure and reacquisition, which facilitates developmental competence. To …