Human brain organoids to decode mechanisms of microcephaly

E Gabriel, A Ramani, N Altinisik… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Brain organoids are stem cell-based self-assembling 3D structures that recapitulate early
events of human brain development. Recent improvements with patient-specific 3D brain …

mRNAsi index: machine learning in mining lung adenocarcinoma stem cell biomarkers

Y Zhang, JTC Tseng, IC Lien, F Li, W Wu, H Li - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), characterized by self-renewal and unlimited proliferation, lead to
therapeutic resistance in lung cancer. In this study, we aimed to investigate the expressions …

Developmental signals control chromosome segregation fidelity during pluripotency and neurogenesis by modulating replicative stress

A de Jaime-Soguero, J Hattemer, A Bufe… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Human development relies on the correct replication, maintenance and segregation of our
genetic blueprints. How these processes are monitored across embryonic lineages, and why …

The totipotent 2C‐like state safeguards genomic stability of mouse embryonic stem cells

Z Du, M Lin, Q Li, D Guo, Y Xue, W Liu… - Journal of Cellular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) sporadically transition to a transient totipotent state
that resembles blastomeres of the two‐cell (2C) embryo stage, which has been proposed to …

Wnt signaling recruits KIF2A to the spindle to ensure chromosome congression and alignment during mitosis

A Bufe, A García del Arco, M Hennecke… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Canonical Wnt signaling plays critical roles in development and tissue renewal by regulating
β-catenin target genes. Recent evidence showed that β-catenin–independent Wnt signaling …

AP-2δ is the most relevant target of AP-2 family-focused cancer therapy and affects genome organization

D Kołat, LY Zhao, M Kciuk, E Płuciennik… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Formerly hailed as “undruggable” proteins, transcription factors (TFs) are now under
investigation for targeted therapy. In cancer, this may alter, inter alia, immune evasion or …

Implication of E3 ligase RAD18 in UV-induced mutagenesis in human induced pluripotent stem cells and neuronal progenitor cells

M Shimada, T Tokumiya, T Miyake… - Journal of Radiation …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) have the potential to differentiate to any of the other organs.
The genome DNA integrity of PSCs is maintained by a high level of transcription for a …