2022
Carnegie in 4D? Stem-cell-based models of human embryo development
Sozen B, Conkar D, Veenvliet J. Carnegie in 4D? Stem-cell-based models of human embryo development. Seminars In Cell And Developmental Biology 2022, 131: 44-57. PMID: 35701286, DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.05.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryo developmentMouse in vitro modelsHuman embryo developmentHuman pluripotent stem cellsPluripotent stem cellsModels of embryo developmentHuman developmentInvestigation of embryogenesisHuman embryosStem cellsPrimate embryosIn vitro approachesIn vitroMammalian embryogenesisIn vitro platformMammalian developmentMiceEmbryosNatural embryoGastrulation stageCellsTranscriptional regulationOver-relianceFetusesUtero
2020
BMP signalling is required for extra-embryonic ectoderm development during pre-to-post-implantation transition of the mouse embryo
Sozen B, Demir N, Zernicka-Goetz M. BMP signalling is required for extra-embryonic ectoderm development during pre-to-post-implantation transition of the mouse embryo. Developmental Biology 2020, 470: 84-94. PMID: 33217407, PMCID: PMC8219371, DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.11.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBMP signalingEctoderm developmentNon-canonical mechanismMouse embryosMechanism of BMPMutant embryosGenetic studiesEarly embryogenesisSignaling pathwayPost-implantation developmentBMP activityTissue organisationStem cell populationStage in vitroSpatiotemporal controlUterine tissueEmbryosCell populationsBMPStem cellsSignalImplantationPost-implantationMiceMorphogenesis
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