Defining human pluripotency

A Yilmaz, N Benvenisty - Cell Stem Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Human pluripotent stem cells harbor the capacity to differentiate into cells from the three
embryonic germ layers, and this ability grants them a central role in modeling human …

Molecular regulators of embryonic diapause and cancer diapause-like state

AM Hussein, N Balachandar, J Mathieu… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Embryonic diapause is an enigmatic state of dormancy that interrupts the normally tight
connection between developmental stages and time. This reproductive strategy and state of …

Pooled in vitro and in vivo CRISPR-Cas9 screening identifies tumor suppressors in human colon organoids

BE Michels, MH Mosa, BI Streibl, T Zhan, C Menche… - Cell Stem Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is characterized by prominent genetic and phenotypic
heterogeneity between patients. To facilitate high-throughput genetic testing and functional …

Lysosomal signaling licenses embryonic stem cell differentiation via inactivation of Tfe3

F Villegas, D Lehalle, D Mayer, M Rittirsch, MB Stadler… - Cell stem cell, 2019 - cell.com
Self-renewal and differentiation of pluripotent murine embryonic stem cells (ESCs) is
regulated by extrinsic signaling pathways. It is less clear whether cellular metabolism …

[HTML][HTML] The RNA helicase DDX6 controls cellular plasticity by modulating P-body homeostasis

B Di Stefano, EC Luo, C Haggerty, S Aigner, J Charlton… - Cell stem cell, 2019 - cell.com
Post-transcriptional mechanisms have the potential to influence complex changes in gene
expression, yet their role in cell fate transitions remains largely unexplored. Here, we show …

Complementary activity of ETV5, RBPJ, and TCF3 drives formative transition from naive pluripotency

T Kalkan, S Bornelöv, C Mulas, E Diamanti, T Lohoff… - Cell stem cell, 2019 - cell.com
The gene regulatory network (GRN) of naive mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) must be
reconfigured to enable lineage commitment. TCF3 sanctions rewiring by suppressing …

Parallel genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 screens uncouple human pluripotent stem cell identity versus fitness

BP Rosen, QV Li, HS Cho, D Liu, D Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Pluripotent stem cells have remarkable self-renewal capacity: the ability to proliferate
indefinitely while maintaining the pluripotent identity essential for their ability to differentiate …

MPP8 is essential for sustaining self-renewal of ground-state pluripotent stem cells

I Müller, AS Moroni, D Shlyueva, S Sahadevan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Deciphering the mechanisms that control the pluripotent ground state is key for
understanding embryonic development. Nonetheless, the epigenetic regulation of ground …

A genetic screen identifies BEND3 as a regulator of bivalent gene expression and global DNA methylation

L Yakhou, A Azogui, N Gupta… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Epigenetic mechanisms are essential to establish and safeguard cellular identities in
mammals. They dynamically regulate the expression of genes, transposable elements and …

Defined conditions for propagation and manipulation of mouse embryonic stem cells

C Mulas, T Kalkan, F von Meyenn, HG Leitch… - …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
The power of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells to colonise the develo** embryo has
revolutionised mammalian developmental genetics and stem cell research. This power is …