Specification and epigenetic programming of the human germ line

WWC Tang, T Kobayashi, N Irie, S Dietmann… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Primordial germ cells (PGCs), the precursors of sperm and eggs, are established in
perigastrulation-stage embryos in mammals. Signals from extra-embryonic tissues induce a …

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 …

Assembly of embryonic and extraembryonic stem cells to mimic embryogenesis in vitro

SE Harrison, B Sozen, N Christodoulou, C Kyprianou… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Early mammalian development requires the formation of embryonic and
extraembryonic tissues and a highly coordinated partnership between them. This close …

Reactivation of the pluripotency program precedes formation of the cranial neural crest

A Zalc, R Sinha, GS Gulati, DJ Wesche, P Daszczuk… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Cell differentiation is classically described as a unidirectional process that
progresses through a series of lineage restriction events, with cellular potential being …

Core transcriptional regulatory circuitry in human embryonic stem cells

LA Boyer, TI Lee, MF Cole, SE Johnstone, SS Levine… - cell, 2005 - cell.com
The transcription factors OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG have essential roles in early
development and are required for the propagation of undifferentiated embryonic stem (ES) …

[HTML][HTML] Formation of pluripotent stem cells in the mammalian embryo depends on the POU transcription factor Oct4

J Nichols, B Zevnik, K Anastassiadis, H Niwa… - Cell, 1998 - cell.com
Oct4 is a mammalian POU transcription factor expressed by early embryo cells and germ
cells. We report that the activity of Oct4 is essential for the identity of the pluripotential …

The homeoprotein Nanog is required for maintenance of pluripotency in mouse epiblast and ES cells

K Mitsui, Y Tokuzawa, H Itoh, K Segawa, M Murakami… - Cell, 2003 - cell.com
Embryonic stem (ES) cells derived from the inner cell mass (ICM) of blastocysts grow
infinitely while maintaining pluripotency. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) can maintain self …

Nanog safeguards pluripotency and mediates germline development

I Chambers, J Silva, D Colby, J Nichols, B Nijmeijer… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Nanog is a divergent homeodomain protein found in mammalian pluripotent cells and
developing germ cells,. Deletion of Nanog causes early embryonic lethality, whereas …

[HTML][HTML] Common stemness regulators of embryonic and cancer stem cells

C Hadjimichael, K Chanoumidou… - World journal of stem …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pluripotency of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells is regulated
by a well characterized gene transcription circuitry. The circuitry is assembled by ESC …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA-145 regulates OCT4, SOX2, and KLF4 and represses pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells

N Xu, T Papagiannakopoulos, G Pan, JA Thomson… - Cell, 2009 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are posttranscriptional modulators of gene expression and play an
important role in many developmental processes. We report here that expression of …