In vivo differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into neural stem cells by chimera formation

HW Choi, YJ Hong, JS Kim, H Song, SG Cho, H Bae… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Like embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can differentiate into all
three germ layers in an in vitro system. Here, we developed a new technology for obtaining …

[HTML][HTML] Reprogramming human cells to naïve pluripotency: how close are we?

LE Bates, JCR Silva - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Human naïve-like cells have been generated.•Human naïve-like cells show close
similarity to mouse naïve cells and human blastocysts.•Molecular differences to mouse naïve …

Concise review: signaling control of early fate decisions around the human pluripotent stem cell state

J Rao, B Greber - Stem Cells, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) present a fascinating and powerful system for
generating specialized cell types of the human body. Culture and directed differentiation of …

Activin‐SMAD signaling is required for maintenance of porcine iPS cell self‐renewal through upregulation of NANOG and OCT4 expression

F Yang, N Wang, Y Wang, T Yu… - Journal of Cellular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Porcine induced pluripotent stem cells (piPSCs) retain the enormous potential for farm
animal reproduction and translational medicine, and have been reported by many …

Paving the road for biomedicine: genome editing and stem cells in primates

Y Niu, T Li, W Ji - National Science Review, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Non-human primates (NHPs) are similar with humans in their anatomy, physiology, genetics
and neural functions, and in their cognition, emotions and social behavior. The NHP model …

Significant differences of function and expression of microRNAs between ground state and serum-cultured pluripotent stem cells

Y Yan, X Yang, TT Li, KL Gu, J Hao, Q Zhang… - Journal of Genetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Serum-and 2i-cultured embryonic stem cells (ESCs) show different epigenetic landscapes
and transcriptomic profiles. The difference in the function and expression of microRNAs …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in naïve human embryonic stem cells

EZ Jacobs, S Warrier, PJ Volders, E D'haene… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The combination of genome-edited human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and subsequent
neural differentiation is a powerful tool to study neurodevelopmental disorders. Since the …

Glycans define the stemness of naïve and primed pluripotent stem cells

S Nishihara - Glycoconjugate Journal, 2017 - Springer
Cell surface glycans are tissue-specific and developmentally regulated. They function as
essential modulators in cell-cell interactions, cell-extracellular matrix interactions, and ligand …

Retinoic acid combined with spermatogonial stem cell conditions facilitate the generation of mouse germ-like cells

G Dong, Z Shang, L Liu, C Liu, Y Ge, Q Wang… - Bioscience …, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Spermatogenic lineage has been directly generated in spermatogonial stem cell (SSC)
conditions from human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). However, it remains unknown whether …

Epigenetics of cell fate reprogramming and its implications for neurological disorders modelling

M Grzybek, A Golonko, M Walczak, P Lisowski - Neurobiology of Disease, 2017 - Elsevier
The reprogramming of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) proceeds in a
stepwise manner with reprogramming factors binding and epigenetic composition changes …