The nature of embryonic stem cells

G Martello, A Smith - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells perpetuate in vitro the broad developmental potential of
naïve founder cells in the preimplantation embryo. ES cells self-renew relentlessly in culture …

Mapping the route from naive pluripotency to lineage specification

T Kalkan, A Smith - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the mouse blastocyst, epiblast cells are newly formed shortly before implantation. They
possess a unique developmental plasticity, termed naive pluripotency. For development to …

[HTML][HTML] Reorganization of enhancer patterns in transition from naive to primed pluripotency

C Buecker, R Srinivasan, Z Wu, E Calo, D Acampora… - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
Naive and primed pluripotency is characterized by distinct signaling requirements,
transcriptomes, and developmental properties, but both cellular states share key …

Cancer stem cells: from historical roots to a new perspective

JP Capp - Journal of oncology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The relationships between cancer and stemness have a long history that is traced here.
From the mid‐19th century when the first theory on the embryonic origin of cancer was …

[HTML][HTML] Role of Oct4 in the early embryo development

G Wu, HR Schöler - Cell Regeneration, 2014 - Springer
Oct4 is a key component of the pluripotency regulatory network, and its reciprocal interaction
with Cdx2 has been shown to be a determinant of either the self-renewal of embryonic stem …

A Sox2 distal enhancer cluster regulates embryonic stem cell differentiation potential

HY Zhou, Y Katsman, NK Dhaliwal… - Genes & …, 2014 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The Sox2 transcription factor must be robustly transcribed in embryonic stem (ES) cells to
maintain pluripotency. Two gene-proximal enhancers, Sox2 regulatory region 1 (SRR1) and …

Sox2/Oct4: A delicately balanced partnership in pluripotent stem cells and embryogenesis

A Rizzino, EL Wuebben - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2016 - Elsevier
Considerable progress has been made in understanding the roles of Sox2 and Oct4 in
embryonic stem cells and mammalian embryogenesis. Specifically, significant progress has …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic and transcriptional regulations prime cell fate before division during human pluripotent stem cell differentiation

P Madrigal, S Deng, Y Feng, S Militi, KJ Goh… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Stem cells undergo cellular division during their differentiation to produce daughter cells
with a new cellular identity. However, the epigenetic events and molecular mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] MBD3/NuRD facilitates induction of pluripotency in a context-dependent manner

RL Dos Santos, L Tosti, A Radzisheuskaya… - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
Summary The Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase (NuRD) complex is essential for
embryonic development and pluripotent stem cell differentiation. In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells derived from human and animal perinatal tissues—origins, characteristics, signaling pathways, and clinical trials

M Kulus, R Sibiak, K Stefańska, M Zdun… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are currently one of the most extensively
researched fields due to their promising opportunity for use in regenerative medicine. There …