Tcstv1 and Tcstv3 elongate telomeres of mouse ES cells

Q Zhang, J Dan, H Wang, R Guo, J Mao, H Fu, X Wei… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) cultures exhibit a heterogeneous mixture of metastable
cells sporadically entering the 2-cell (2C)-embryo-like state, critical for ESC potency. One of …

KSR-based medium improves the generation of high-quality mouse iPS cells

K Liu, F Wang, X Ye, L Wang, J Yang, J Zhang, L Liu - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from somatic cells have great potential for regenerative
medicine. The efficiency in generation of iPS cells has been significantly improved in recent …

TIN2 deficiency leads to ALT-associated phenotypes and differentiation defects in embryonic stem cells

S Yin, F Zhang, S Lin, W Chen, K Weng, D Liu, C Wang… - Stem Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Telomere integrity is critical for embryonic development, and core telomere-binding proteins,
such as TIN2, are key to maintaining telomere stability. Here, we report that homozygous …

Aurora Kinase B, a novel regulator of TERF1 binding and telomeric integrity

FL Chan, B Vinod, K Novy, RB Schittenhelm… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract AURKB (Aurora Kinase B) is a serine/threonine kinase better known for its role at
the mitotic kinetochore during chromosome segregation. Here, we demonstrate that AURKB …

Properties of human embryonic stem cells and their differentiated derivatives depend on nonhistone DNA-binding HMGB1 and HMGB2 proteins

AJ Bagherpoor, D Dolezalova, T Barta… - Stem cells and …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
HMGB1 and HMGB2 proteins have been implicated in numerous cellular processes,
including proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and tumor growth. It is unknown whether …

[PDF][PDF] Primitive stem cells in adult human peripheral blood

HE Young, F Lochner, D Lochner, D Lochner… - J Stem Cell …, 2017 - academia.edu
Recent reports demonstrated the presence of primitive endogenous stem cells circulating
within adult cat, dog, sheep, goat, pig, cow, and horse peripheral blood. The current study …

Telomere reprogramming and maintenance in porcine iPS cells

G Ji, W Ruan, K Liu, F Wang, D Sakellariou, J Chen… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Telomere reprogramming and silencing of exogenous genes have been demonstrated in
mouse and human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells). Pigs have the potential to …

Efficient Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Granulosa Cells by Oct4 and Sox2

J Mao, Q Zhang, X Ye, K Liu, L Liu - Stem cells and development, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Various types of somatic cells can be reprogrammed to induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
Somatic stem cells exhibit enhanced reprogramming efficiency by fewer factors, in contrast …

In medio stat virtus: unanticipated consequences of telomere dysequilibrium

L Harrington, F Pucci - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The integrity of chromosome ends, or telomeres, depends on myriad processes that must
balance the need to compact and protect the telomeric, G-rich DNA from detection as a …

Telomeres cooperate in zygotic genome activation by affecting DUX4/Dux transcription

X Zhang, C Zhang, D Zhou, T Zhang, X Chen, J Ren… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Zygotic genome activation (ZGA) is initiated once the genome chromatin state is organized
in the newly formed zygote. Telomeres are specialized chromatin structures at the ends of …