Embryonic Stem Cells License a High Level of Dormant Origins to Protect the Genome against Replication Stress
Ge XQ, Han J, Cheng EC, Yamaguchi S, Shima N, Thomas JL, Lin H. Embryonic Stem Cells License a High Level of Dormant Origins to Protect the Genome against Replication Stress. Stem Cell Reports 2015, 5: 185-194. PMID: 26190528, PMCID: PMC4618655, DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2015.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryonic stem cellsStem/progenitor cellsNeural stem/progenitor cellsStem cellsProgenitor cellsTissue stem/progenitor cellsMCM2-7 complexDNA replication originsTissue-specific stem/progenitor cellsStem cell typesGenome integrityGenomic integrityReplication stressDormant originsReplication forksReplicative stressDNA replicationReplication originsNeural lineagesDNA damageS phaseCell typesAbnormal neurogenesisCellsGenomeVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 3 Controls Neural Stem Cell Activation in Mice and Humans
Han J, Calvo CF, Kang TH, Baker KL, Park JH, Parras C, Levittas M, Birba U, Pibouin-Fragner L, Fragner P, Bilguvar K, Duman RS, Nurmi H, Alitalo K, Eichmann AC, Thomas JL. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 3 Controls Neural Stem Cell Activation in Mice and Humans. Cell Reports 2015, 10: 1158-1172. PMID: 25704818, PMCID: PMC4685253, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.01.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedEmbryonic Stem CellsExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesHippocampusHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesisProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRecombinant ProteinsSignal TransductionVascular Endothelial Growth Factor CVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3ConceptsHuman embryonic stem cellsNeural stem cellsVascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3Growth factor receptor 3NSC activationStem cellsProgenitor cellsAdult hippocampal neural stem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsNeural stem cell activationStem cell activationQuiescent neural stem cellsNeural progenitor cellsCell fateReceptor 3Specific regulatorsAdult mammalian hippocampusMolecular mechanismsCell cycleHippocampal neural stem cellsLigand VEGFERK pathwayConditional deletionNew neuronsVEGFR3