The initiation of mammalian embryonic transcription: to begin at the beginning

ACF Perry, M Asami, BYH Lam, GSH Yeo - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
Gamete (sperm and oocyte) genomes are transcriptionally silent until embryonic genome
activation (EGA) following fertilization. EGA in humans had been thought to occur around the …

Genomic imprinting in mouse blastocysts is predominantly associated with H3K27me3

L Santini, F Halbritter, F Titz-Teixeira, T Suzuki… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In mammalian genomes, differentially methylated regions (DMRs) and histone marks
including trimethylation of histone 3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) at imprinted genes are …

Interleukin-6 trans-signaling is a candidate mechanism to drive progression of human DCCs during clinical latency

M Werner-Klein, A Grujovic, C Irlbeck… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Although thousands of breast cancer cells disseminate and home to bone marrow until
primary surgery, usually less than a handful will succeed in establishing manifest …

[HTML][HTML] A program of successive gene expression in mouse one-cell embryos

M Asami, BYH Lam, M Hoffmann, T Suzuki, X Lu… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
At the moment of union in fertilization, sperm and oocyte are transcriptionally silent. The
ensuing onset of embryonic transcription (embryonic genome activation [EGA]) is critical for …

On mammalian totipotency: what is the molecular underpinning for the totipotency of zygote?

K Hu - Stem Cells and Development, 2019 - liebertpub.com
The mammalian zygote is described as a totipotent cell in the literature, but this
characterization is elusive ignoring the molecular underpinnings. Totipotency can connote …

Caput epididymidal mouse sperm support full development

D Zhou, T Suzuki, M Asami, ACF Perry - Developmental Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Mammalian sperm are produced in the testis as immature precursors that undergo complex
modifications and acquire forward motility during their subsequent transit through an …

Tracking intracellular forces and mechanical property changes in mouse one-cell embryo development

M Duch, N Torras, M Asami, T Suzuki, MI Arjona… - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
Cells comprise mechanically active matter that governs their functionality, but intracellular
mechanics are difficult to study directly and are poorly understood. However, injected …

In vitro production of (Farm) animal embryos

C Wrenzycki - Animal Biotechnology 1: Reproductive Biotechnologies, 2018 - Springer
Over the past decades, in vitro production (IVP) of bovine embryos has been significantly
improved, and in particular bovine IVP is now widely applied under field conditions. This in …

How can zygotes segregate entire parental genomes into distinct blastomeres? The zygote metaphase revisited

A Destouni, JR Vermeesch - BioEssays, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Zygote cytokinesis produces two symmetric blastomeres, which contain one copy of each
parental genome. Contrary to this dogma, we recently discovered that mammalian zygotes …

The future of embryoids from a reproductive science perspective

M Boiani… - Molecular Human …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background In mammalian biology, is there a point at which a given generation begins?
Historically, the answer was straightforward: it begins with the single-celled embryo, or …