2023
Serum Response Factor Reduces Gene Expression Noise and Confers Cell State Stability
Zhang J, Wu Q, Hu X, Wang Y, Lu J, Chakraborty R, Martin K, Guo S. Serum Response Factor Reduces Gene Expression Noise and Confers Cell State Stability. Stem Cells 2023, 41: 907-915. PMID: 37386941, PMCID: PMC11009695, DOI: 10.1093/stmcls/sxad051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMouse pluripotent stem cellsSerum response factorPluripotent stem cellsCell fate stabilityRole of SRFGene expression noiseHeterogeneous gene expressionResponse factorStem cellsNaïve pluripotencyCell state heterogeneityLineage primingExpression noiseActin dynamicsCellular statesPluripotent cellsSRF functionCell statesMechanical signalingGene expressionFunctional modulationCentral mediatorSerum-containing culturesState heterogeneityCells
2022
Integrating mechanical signals into cellular identity
Carley E, King MC, Guo S. Integrating mechanical signals into cellular identity. Trends In Cell Biology 2022, 32: 669-680. PMID: 35337714, PMCID: PMC9288541, DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2022.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistinct gene expression programsComplex cellular programsGene expression programsLineage-committed cellsPluripotent stem cellsMulticellular organismsExpression programsCellular identityCellular programsMechanical signalsCell typesStem cellsMechanical inputCellsBiochemical inputsFunction correlationGenomeCytoskeletonOrganismsNumber of studiesImportant determinantComplex axisIdentityLarge arrayVivo
2020
YAP Non-cell-autonomously Promotes Pluripotency Induction in Mouse Cells
Hartman AA, Scalf SM, Zhang J, Hu X, Chen X, Eastman AE, Yang C, Guo S. YAP Non-cell-autonomously Promotes Pluripotency Induction in Mouse Cells. Stem Cell Reports 2020, 14: 730-743. PMID: 32243844, PMCID: PMC7160372, DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPluripotency inductionCell typesMouse somatic cellsMultiple stem cell typesHeterologous cell typesStem cell typesPluripotent stem cellsEarly embryogenesisSomatic cellsDistinct functionsMouse cellsMatricellular proteinYAPRecombinant CYR61Stem cellsAutonomous roleCyr61Specific cellsBystander cellsProteinCellsInductionPluripotencyEmbryogenesisControl mechanisms
2018
Dppa2/4 Facilitate Epigenetic Remodeling during Reprogramming to Pluripotency
Hernandez C, Wang Z, Ramazanov B, Tang Y, Mehta S, Dambrot C, Lee YW, Tessema K, Kumar I, Astudillo M, Neubert TA, Guo S, Ivanova NB. Dppa2/4 Facilitate Epigenetic Remodeling during Reprogramming to Pluripotency. Cell Stem Cell 2018, 23: 396-411.e8. PMID: 30146411, PMCID: PMC6128737, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2018.08.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduced pluripotent stem cellsDNA damage response pathwayAcquisition of pluripotencyDamage response pathwayDNA methylation patternsStem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsESC enhancersPluripotent stem cellsMyc factorsPluripotent stateSomatic genesChromatin decompactionMolecular machineryEpigenetic remodelingEfficient reprogrammingResponse pathwaysSomatic cellsMethylation patternsPluripotencyHuman cellsEpigenomeEnhancerCellsKey role