2015
Integrative Analyses of Human Reprogramming Reveal Dynamic Nature of Induced Pluripotency
Cacchiarelli D, Trapnell C, Ziller MJ, Soumillon M, Cesana M, Karnik R, Donaghey J, Smith ZD, Ratanasirintrawoot S, Zhang X, Sui S, Wu Z, Akopian V, Gifford CA, Doench J, Rinn JL, Daley GQ, Meissner A, Lander ES, Mikkelsen TS. Integrative Analyses of Human Reprogramming Reveal Dynamic Nature of Induced Pluripotency. Cell 2015, 162: 412-424. PMID: 26186193, PMCID: PMC4511597, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduced pluripotencyHuman cellsEmbryonic patterning genesComplementary functional analysesPre-implantation stagesPatterning genesDevelopmental regulatorsEpigenomic analysisMolecular principlesNovel regulatorFunctional analysisIntegrative analysisIntercellular heterogeneityMolecular underpinningsPluripotencyDisease modelingCell platformRegulatorCellsDistinct wavesDonor variabilityGenes
2013
Proliferation-Dependent Alterations of the DNA Methylation Landscape Underlie Hematopoietic Stem Cell Aging
Beerman I, Bock C, Garrison BS, Smith ZD, Gu H, Meissner A, Rossi DJ. Proliferation-Dependent Alterations of the DNA Methylation Landscape Underlie Hematopoietic Stem Cell Aging. Cell Stem Cell 2013, 12: 413-425. PMID: 23415915, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2013.01.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationHSC declineHematopoietic stem cell agingPolycomb repressive complex 2DNA methylation landscapeStem cell agingStem cell declineRepressive complex 2Global DNA methylationSite-specific alterationsHematopoietic lineage potentialMethylation landscapeDNA methylomeGenomic regionsLineage potentialEpigenomic alterationsDNA hypermethylationReplicative limitCell agingDownstream progenitorsFunctional analysisFunctional potentialMethylationProliferation of HSCsGenes