Mesenchymal–epithelial transition in development and reprogramming

D Pei, X Shu, A Gassama-Diagne, JP Thiery - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
During organogenesis, epithelial cells can give rise to mesenchymal cells through epithelial–
mesenchymal transition. The reverse process, mesenchymal–epithelial transition (MET), can …

Epigenetic control of myeloid cell differentiation, identity and function

D Álvarez-Errico, R Vento-Tormo, M Sieweke… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Myeloid cells are crucial effectors of the innate immune response and important regulators of
adaptive immunity. The differentiation and activation of myeloid cells requires the timely …

Single-cell mapping 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 …

Transcription factors orchestrate dynamic interplay between genome topology and gene regulation during cell reprogramming

R Stadhouders, E Vidal, F Serra, B Di Stefano… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Chromosomal architecture is known to influence gene expression, yet its role in controlling
cell fate remains poorly understood. Reprogramming of somatic cells into pluripotent stem …

Dissecting direct reprogramming from fibroblast to neuron using single-cell RNA-seq

B Treutlein, QY Lee, JG Camp, M Mall, W Koh… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Direct lineage reprogramming represents a remarkable conversion of cellular and
transcriptome states,,. However, the intermediate stages through which individual cells …

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) …

Lineage-determining transcription factor TCF-1 initiates the epigenetic identity of T cells

JL Johnson, G Georgakilas, J Petrovic, M Kurachi… - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
T cell development is orchestrated by transcription factors that regulate the expression of
genes initially buried within inaccessible chromatin, but the transcription factors that …

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metabolic switching in cancer: lessons from somatic cell reprogramming

X Lai, Q Li, F Wu, J Lin, J Chen, H Zheng… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and its critical roles during cancer progression
have long been recognized and extensively reviewed. Recent studies on the generation of …

CRISPR-based chromatin remodeling of the endogenous Oct4 or Sox2 locus enables reprogramming to pluripotency

P Liu, M Chen, Y Liu, LS Qi, S Ding - Cell stem cell, 2018 - cell.com
Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells typically requires the ectopic expression of
transcription factors to reactivate the pluripotency network. However, it remains largely …

A role for partial epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in enabling stemness in homeostasis and cancer

J Verstappe, G Berx - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Stem cells have self-renewal capacities and the ability to give rise to differentiated cells
thereby sustaining tissues during homeostasis and injury. This structural hierarchy extends …