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 ResearchConceptsHuman 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
2019
Self-Organization of Mouse Stem Cells into an Extended Potential Blastoid
Sozen B, Cox A, De Jonghe J, Bao M, Hollfelder F, Glover D, Zernicka-Goetz M. Self-Organization of Mouse Stem Cells into an Extended Potential Blastoid. Developmental Cell 2019, 51: 698-712.e8. PMID: 31846649, PMCID: PMC10291877, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.11.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlastocyst-like structuresStem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsEmbryonic-abembryonic axisTrophoblast stem cellsExtra-embryonic primitive endodermExtra-embryonic lineagesPrimitive endoderm differentiationMouse stem cellsTranscriptome profiling analysisEpiblast lineageMouse embryonic stem cellsMammalian blastocystCell lineagesPluripotent epiblastPluripotency conditionsFuture embryoPrimitive endodermEndoderm differentiationLineagesCells
2018
Self-assembly of embryonic and two extra-embryonic stem cell types into gastrulating embryo-like structures
Sozen B, Amadei G, Cox A, Wang R, Na E, Czukiewska S, Chappell L, Voet T, Michel G, Jing N, Glover D, Zernicka-Goetz M. Self-assembly of embryonic and two extra-embryonic stem cell types into gastrulating embryo-like structures. Nature Cell Biology 2018, 20: 979-989. PMID: 30038254, DOI: 10.1038/s41556-018-0147-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell CommunicationCell DifferentiationCell LineCell LineageCell MovementCoculture TechniquesEmbryo, MammalianEndodermEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGastrulationGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGestational AgeMiceMouse Embryonic Stem CellsPhenotypeTranscriptomeTrophoblastsConceptsStem cell typesEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionStem cellsExtra-embryonic compartmentCell typesTrophoblast stem cellsEndoderm stem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsMammalian embryosSpatial transcriptomic analysisTrophoblastGene expression patternsGerm lineMiceGastrulating embryosEmbryo-like structures