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 neurogenesisCellsGenomePiwi Is a Key Regulator of Both Somatic and Germline Stem Cells in the Drosophila Testis
Gonzalez J, Qi H, Liu N, Lin H. Piwi Is a Key Regulator of Both Somatic and Germline Stem Cells in the Drosophila Testis. Cell Reports 2015, 12: 150-161. PMID: 26119740, PMCID: PMC4497877, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGermline stem cellsDrosophila testisSomatic cyst cellsPIWI-piRNA pathwayStem cell maintenanceCell-autonomous functionStem cellsGerm cell differentiationStem cell typesFasciclin 3GSC daughtersGermline functionSomatic rolePiwi expressionCyst cellsCell maintenanceEpigenetic mechanismsPiwiGenes keyNuclear localizationKey regulatorMolecular mechanismsCell differentiationGonadal developmentCell types