2023
Modelling post-implantation human development to yolk sac blood emergence
Hislop J, Song Q, Keshavarz F. K, Alavi A, Schoenberger R, LeGraw R, Velazquez J, Mokhtari T, Taheri M, Rytel M, Chuva de Sousa Lopes S, Watkins S, Stolz D, Kiani S, Sozen B, Bar-Joseph Z, Ebrahimkhani M. Modelling post-implantation human development to yolk sac blood emergence. Nature 2023, 626: 367-376. PMID: 38092041, PMCID: PMC10849971, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06914-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmnionCell LineageDevelopmental BiologyEmbryo ImplantationEmbryoid BodiesEmbryonic DevelopmentEndodermGerm LayersHematopoiesisHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMesodermYolk SacConceptsHuman embryosInduced pluripotent stem cellsLymphoid-like cellsStem cell modelPluripotent stem cellsPost-implantation stagesAmniotic cavityEarly post-implantation stagesHuman-based modelsStem cellsExtra-embryonic endodermHuman embryogenesisBlood formationDrug testingEarly haematopoiesisDisease modelsDisc morphologyHaematopoiesisEmbryonic tissuesCellular programmeCell modelPosterior domain
2021
Machine learning-assisted high-content analysis of pluripotent stem cell-derived embryos in vitro
Guo J, Wang P, Sozen B, Qiu H, Zhu Y, Zhang X, Ming J, Zernicka-Goetz M, Na J. Machine learning-assisted high-content analysis of pluripotent stem cell-derived embryos in vitro. Stem Cell Reports 2021, 16: 1331-1346. PMID: 33891867, PMCID: PMC8185434, DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.03.018.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Inducible Stem-Cell-Derived Embryos Capture Mouse Morphogenetic Events In Vitro
Amadei G, Lau K, De Jonghe J, Gantner C, Sozen B, Chan C, Zhu M, Kyprianou C, Hollfelder F, Zernicka-Goetz M. Inducible Stem-Cell-Derived Embryos Capture Mouse Morphogenetic Events In Vitro. Developmental Cell 2020, 56: 366-382.e9. PMID: 33378662, PMCID: PMC7883308, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.12.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryonic stem cellsTrophoblast stem cellsDevelopment of mouse embryosStem cellsXEN cellsTranscription factor GATA4Extra-embryonic mesodermTs cellsExpressed GATA4Mouse embryosAnterior signaling centerAnterior-posterior patterningDevelopmental potentialExtra-embryonic endodermDefinitive endodermMouse gastrulaGATA4Morphogenetic eventsSignaling centersMorphogenic eventsEndodermal fateEmbryosCellsGastrulationEmbryo-like structures