H3K9me3-dependent heterochromatin: barrier to cell fate changes

JS Becker, D Nicetto, KS Zaret - Trends in Genetics, 2016 - cell.com
Establishing and maintaining cell identity depends on the proper regulation of gene
expression, as specified by transcription factors and reinforced by epigenetic mechanisms …

Chromatin dynamics during cellular reprogramming

E Apostolou, K Hochedlinger - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Induced pluripotency is a powerful tool to derive patient-specific stem cells. In addition, it
provides a unique assay to study the interplay between transcription factors and chromatin …

Deterministic direct reprogramming of somatic cells to pluripotency

Y Rais, A Zviran, S Geula, O Gafni, E Chomsky… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Somatic cells can be inefficiently and stochastically reprogrammed into induced pluripotent
stem (iPS) cells by exogenous expression of Oct4 (also called Pou5f1), Sox2, Klf4 and Myc …

Chromatin repressive complexes in stem cells, development, and cancer

A Laugesen, K Helin - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
The chromatin environment is essential for the correct specification and preservation of cell
identity through modulation and maintenance of transcription patterns. Many chromatin …

[HTML][HTML] Common stemness regulators of embryonic and cancer stem cells

C Hadjimichael, K Chanoumidou… - World journal of stem …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pluripotency of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells is regulated
by a well characterized gene transcription circuitry. The circuitry is assembled by ESC …

The let-7/LIN-41 pathway regulates reprogramming to human induced pluripotent stem cells by controlling expression of prodifferentiation genes

KA Worringer, TA Rand, Y Hayashi, S Sami… - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
Reprogramming differentiated cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) promotes a
broad array of cellular changes. Here we show that the let-7 family of microRNAs acts as an …

The nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase complex in development and disease

J Basta, M Rauchman - Translating epigenetics to the clinic, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase (NuRD) complex is one of the
major chromatin remodeling complexes found in cells. It plays an important role in regulating …

Molecular features of cellular reprogramming and development

ZD Smith, C Sindhu, A Meissner - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
Differentiating somatic cells are progressively restricted to specialized functions during
ontogeny, but they can be experimentally directed to form other cell types, including those …

Reprogramming of cell fate: epigenetic memory and the erasure of memories past

B Nashun, PWS Hill, P Hajkova - The EMBO journal, 2015 - embopress.org
Cell identity is a reflection of a cell type‐specific gene expression profile, and consequently,
cell type‐specific transcription factor networks are considered to be at the heart of a given …

A NuRD for all seasons

XJ Reid, JKK Low, JP Mackay - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2023 - cell.com
The nucleosome-remodeling and deacetylase (NuRD) complex is an essential
transcriptional regulator in all complex animals. All seven core subunits of the complex exist …