Early human embryonic development: Blastocyst formation to gastrulation

J Rossant, PPL Tam - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
There has been recent renewed interest in studying human early embryonic development.
The advent of improved culture conditions to maintain blastocysts in vitro for an extended …

Human embryo research, stem cell-derived embryo models and in vitro gametogenesis: Considerations leading to the revised ISSCR guidelines

AT Clark, A Brivanlou, J Fu, K Kato, D Mathews… - Stem Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Summary The ISSCR Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation were last
revised in 2016. Since then, rapid progress has been made in research areas related to in …

Parental genome unification is highly error-prone in mammalian embryos

T Cavazza, Y Takeda, AZ Politi, M Aushev, P Aldag… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Most human embryos are aneuploid. Aneuploidy frequently arises during the early mitotic
divisions of the embryo, but its origin remains elusive. Human zygotes that cluster their …

Actin-driven chromosome clustering facilitates fast and complete chromosome capture in mammalian oocytes

K Harasimov, J Uraji, EU Mönnich, Z Holubcová… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Accurate chromosome segregation during meiosis is crucial for reproduction. Human and
porcine oocytes transiently cluster their chromosomes before the onset of spindle assembly …

Gastruloids: Pluripotent stem cell models of mammalian gastrulation and embryo engineering

AM Arias, Y Marikawa, N Moris - Developmental biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Gastrulation is a fundamental and critical process of animal development whereby the mass
of cells that results from the proliferation of the zygote transforms itself into a recognizable …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell multi-omics and lineage tracing to dissect cell fate decision-making

L Haghverdi, LS Ludwig - Stem Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
The concept of cell fate relates to the future identity of a cell, and its daughters, which is
obtained via cell differentiation and division. Understanding, predicting, and manipulating …

NANOG initiates epiblast fate through the coordination of pluripotency genes expression

N Allègre, S Chauveau, C Dennis, Y Renaud… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The epiblast is the source of all mammalian embryonic tissues and of pluripotent embryonic
stem cells. It differentiates alongside the primitive endoderm in a “salt and pepper” pattern …

The role of BMP4 signaling in trophoblast emergence from pluripotency

RM Roberts, T Ezashi, J Temple, JR Owen… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) signaling pathway has established roles in
early embryonic morphogenesis, particularly in the epiblast. More recently, however, it has …

Criteria for the standardization of stem-cell-based embryo models

A Martinez Arias, N Rivron, N Moris, P Tam, C Alev… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Pluripotent stem cells are being used to generate models of early embryogenesis that are
promising for discovery and translational research. To be useful, these models require …

Toward developing human organs via embryo models and chimeras

J Wu, J Fu - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Developing functional organs from stem cells remains a challenging goal in regenerative
medicine. Existing methodologies, such as tissue engineering, bioprinting, and organoids …