Dynamic stem cell states: naive to primed pluripotency in rodents and humans

L Weinberger, M Ayyash, N Novershtern… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2016 - nature.com
The molecular mechanisms and signalling pathways that regulate the in vitro preservation of
distinct pluripotent stem cell configurations, and their induction in somatic cells by direct …

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 …

Single-cell map** of lineage and identity in direct reprogramming

BA Biddy, W Kong, K Kamimoto, C Guo, SE Waye… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Direct lineage reprogramming involves the conversion of cellular identity. Single-cell
technologies are useful for deconstructing the considerable heterogeneity that emerges …

MARS-seq2. 0: an experimental and analytical pipeline for indexed sorting combined with single-cell RNA sequencing

H Keren-Shaul, E Kenigsberg, DA Jaitin, E David… - Nature protocols, 2019 - nature.com
Human tissues comprise trillions of cells that populate a complex space of molecular
phenotypes and functions and that vary in abundance by 4–9 orders of magnitude. Relying …

Derivation of novel human ground state naive pluripotent stem cells

O Gafni, L Weinberger, AAF Mansour, YS Manor… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells are isolated from the inner cell mass of blastocysts, and
can be preserved in vitro in a naive inner-cell-mass-like configuration by providing …

Methyl-CpG-binding domain proteins: readers of the epigenome

Q Du, PL Luu, C Stirzaker, SJ Clark - Epigenomics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
How DNA methylation is interpreted and influences genome regulation remains largely
unknown. Proteins of the methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) family are primary candidates …

Principles of signaling pathway modulation for enhancing human naive pluripotency induction

J Bayerl, M Ayyash, T Shani, YS Manor, O Gafni… - Cell stem cell, 2021 - cell.com
Isolating human MEK/ERK signaling-independent pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) with naive
pluripotency characteristics while maintaining differentiation competence and (epi) genetic …

Chromatin modifiers and remodellers: regulators of cellular differentiation

T Chen, SYR Dent - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
Cellular differentiation is, by definition, epigenetic. Genome-wide profiling of pluripotent cells
and differentiated cells suggests global chromatin remodelling during differentiation, which …

Transcription factors drive Tet2-mediated enhancer demethylation to reprogram cell fate

JL Sardina, S Collombet, TV Tian, A Gómez… - Cell stem cell, 2018 - cell.com
Here, we report DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation dynamics at nucleotide resolution
using C/EBPα-enhanced reprogramming of B cells into induced pluripotent cells (iPSCs) …

m6A mRNA methylation facilitates resolution of naïve pluripotency toward differentiation

S Geula, S Moshitch-Moshkovitz, D Dominissini… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Naïve and primed pluripotent states retain distinct molecular properties, yet limited
knowledge exists on how their state transitions are regulated. Here, we identify Mettl3, an N …