Unlocking trophectoderm mysteries: In vivo and in vitro perspectives on human and mouse trophoblast fate induction

M Azagury, Y Buganim - Developmental Cell, 2024 - cell.com
In recent years, the pursuit of inducing the trophoblast stem cell (TSC) state has gained
prominence as a compelling research objective, illuminating the establishment of the …

Transdifferentiation occurs without resetting development-specific DNA methylation, a key determinant of full-function cell identity

A Radwan, J Eccleston, O Sabag, H Marcus… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
A number of studies have demonstrated that it is possible to directly convert one cell type to
another by factor-mediated transdifferentiation, but in the vast majority of cases, the resulting …

Pluripotency-independent induction of human trophoblast stem cells from fibroblasts

M Naama, M Rahamim, V Zayat, S Sebban… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Human trophoblast stem cells (hTSCs) can be derived from embryonic stem cells (hESCs) or
be induced from somatic cells by OCT4, SOX2, KLF4 and MYC (OSKM). Here we explore …

Complex haploinsufficiency in pluripotent cells yields somatic cells with DNA methylation abnormalities and pluripotency induction defects

R Lasry, N Maoz, AW Cheng, NY Tov, E Kulenkampff… - Stem cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
A complete knockout of a single key pluripotency gene may drastically affect embryonic stem
cell function and epigenetic reprogramming. In contrast, elimination of only one allele of a …

Inactivation of Tumor Suppressor CYLD Inhibits Fibroblast Reprogramming to Pluripotency

N Bekas, M Samiotaki, M Papathanasiou, P Mokos… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Many aspects of the regulatory mechanisms of somatic cell
reprogramming—the conversion of any cell type into pluripotent stem cells—still remain …

Derivation of trophoblast stem cells unveils unrestrained potential of mouse ESCs and epiblast

D Jana, P Sailasree, P Singh, M Srivastava, VV Vishnu… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
SUMMARY mESCs and epiblast are considered to follow strict lineage adherence and lack
the potential to contribute to trophoectoderm. Here, we report the derivation of trophoblast …

Derivation of trophoblast stem cells unveils unrestrained potential of mouse embryonic stem cells and epiblast

D Jana, P Singh, P Sailasree, M Srivastava, N Kumar… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Mouse epiblast and embryonic stem cells (mESCs) are considered to adhere strict lineage
restriction and lack the potential to contribute to trophoectoderm (TE). In contrast, here we …