[HTML][HTML] Embryonic development following somatic cell nuclear transfer impeded by persisting histone methylation

S Matoba, Y Liu, F Lu, KA Iwabuchi, L Shen, A Inoue… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Mammalian oocytes can reprogram somatic cells into a totipotent state enabling animal
cloning through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). However, the majority of SCNT …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of aberrant DNA re-methylation improves post-implantation development of somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos

R Gao, C Wang, Y Gao, W Xiu, J Chen, X Kou, Y Zhao… - Cell stem cell, 2018 - cell.com
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) enables cloning of differentiated cells by
reprogramming their nuclei to a totipotent state. However, successful full-term development …

[HTML][HTML] H3K4 methylation-dependent memory of somatic cell identity inhibits reprogramming and development of nuclear transfer embryos

E Hörmanseder, A Simeone, GE Allen, CR Bradshaw… - Cell stem cell, 2017 - cell.com
Vertebrate eggs can induce the nuclear reprogramming of somatic cells to enable
production of cloned animals. Nuclear reprogramming is relatively inefficient, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Histone demethylase expression enhances human somatic cell nuclear transfer efficiency and promotes derivation of pluripotent stem cells

YG Chung, S Matoba, Y Liu, JH Eum, F Lu, W Jiang… - Cell stem cell, 2015 - cell.com
The extremely low efficiency of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) derivation using somatic
cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) limits its potential application. Blastocyst formation from human …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of H3K27me3 imprinting in somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos disrupts post-implantation development

S Matoba, H Wang, L Jiang, F Lu, KA Iwabuchi, X Wu… - Cell stem cell, 2018 - cell.com
Animal cloning can be achieved through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), although the
live birth rate is relatively low. Recent studies have identified H3K9me3 in donor cells and …

Epigenetic modification is central to genome reprogramming in somatic cell nuclear transfer

L Armstrong, M Lako, W Dean, M Stojkovic - Stem cells, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The recent high-profile reports of the derivation of human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from
human blastocysts produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) have highlighted the …

H3K27me3 is an epigenetic barrier while KDM6A overexpression improves nuclear reprogramming efficiency

C Zhou, Y Wang, J Zhang, J Su, Q An, X Liu… - The FASEB …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aberrant epigenetic reprogramming is a major factor of developmental failure of cloned
embryos. Histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3), a histone mark for transcriptional …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic reprogramming during somatic cell nuclear transfer: recent progress and future directions

X Wang, J Qu, J Li, H He, Z Liu, Y Huan - Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has broad applications but is limited by low cloning
efficiency. In this review, we mainly focus on SCNT-mediated epigenetic reprogramming in …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of key factors conquering developmental arrest of somatic cell cloned embryos by combining embryo biopsy and single-cell sequencing

W Liu, X Liu, C Wang, Y Gao, R Gao, X Kou, Y Zhao… - Cell discovery, 2016 - nature.com
Differentiated somatic cells can be reprogrammed into totipotent embryos through somatic
cell nuclear transfer. However, most cloned embryos arrest at early stages and the …

[HTML][HTML] Unreprogrammed H3K9me3 prevents minor zygotic genome activation and lineage commitment in SCNT embryos

R Xu, Q Zhu, Y Zhao, M Chen, L Yang, S Shen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) can be used to reprogram differentiated somatic cells
to a totipotent state but has poor efficiency in supporting full-term development. H3K9me3 is …