2022
Carnegie in 4D? Stem-cell-based models of human embryo development
Sozen B, Conkar D, Veenvliet J. Carnegie in 4D? Stem-cell-based models of human embryo development. Seminars In Cell And Developmental Biology 2022, 131: 44-57. PMID: 35701286, DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.05.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryo developmentMouse in vitro modelsHuman embryo developmentHuman pluripotent stem cellsPluripotent stem cellsModels of embryo developmentHuman developmentInvestigation of embryogenesisHuman embryosStem cellsPrimate embryosIn vitro approachesIn vitroMammalian embryogenesisIn vitro platformMammalian developmentMiceEmbryosNatural embryoGastrulation stageCellsTranscriptional regulationOver-relianceFetusesUtero
2018
In vitro generation of mouse polarized embryo-like structures from embryonic and trophoblast stem cells
Harrison S, Sozen B, Zernicka-Goetz M. In vitro generation of mouse polarized embryo-like structures from embryonic and trophoblast stem cells. Nature Protocols 2018, 13: 1586-1602. PMID: 29988106, DOI: 10.1038/s41596-018-0005-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrophoblast stem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsMouse embryonic stem cellsExtra-embryonic tissuesStem cellsGerm-layer specificationEmbryos in vitroExtracellular matrixStem cell typesIn vitro generationPost-implantation developmentEmbryo-like structuresEarly embryos in vitroBody planMammalian developmentMammalian embryogenesisTissue in vitroEarly embryosEmbryonic tissues in vitroAggregates of embryonic stem cellsCell numberCo-cultureEmbryonic architectureCell typesCulture conditions
2017
Assembly of embryonic and extraembryonic stem cells to mimic embryogenesis in vitro
Harrison S, Sozen B, Christodoulou N, Kyprianou C, Zernicka-Goetz M. Assembly of embryonic and extraembryonic stem cells to mimic embryogenesis in vitro. Science 2017, 356 PMID: 28254784, DOI: 10.1126/science.aal1810.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrophoblast stem cellsStem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsGenetically modified stem cellsExtraembryonic stem cellsGerm cell markersPrimordial germ cell markersStem cell typesCell typesExpression of mesodermCell markersNatural embryoDevelopmental potentialExtraembryonic tissuesMouse embryonic stem cellsMammalian embryogenesisBMP signalingResponse to WntCellsCross-talkThree-dimensional scaffoldsEmbryosSelf-assembly in vitroCoordinated morphogenesis