2022
Expression of the transcription factor PU.1 induces the generation of microglia-like cells in human cortical organoids
Cakir B, Tanaka Y, Kiral FR, Xiang Y, Dagliyan O, Wang J, Lee M, Greaney AM, Yang WS, duBoulay C, Kural MH, Patterson B, Zhong M, Kim J, Bai Y, Min W, Niklason LE, Patra P, Park IH. Expression of the transcription factor PU.1 induces the generation of microglia-like cells in human cortical organoids. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 430. PMID: 35058453, PMCID: PMC8776770, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28043-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman embryonic stem cellsHuman cortical organoidsTranscription factor PUSingle-cell RNA sequencingMicroglia-like cellsSingle-cell transcriptomicsEmbryonic stem cellsDisease stage IIIRole of microgliaAD-associated genesExpression of genesCortical organoidsNeurodegenerative disordersRNA sequencingMolecular damageIntact complementStem cellsDysfunction of microgliaFunctional microgliaReduced expressionGenesCell clustersExpressionChemokine systemHuman microglia
2016
Single cell transcriptomics reveals unanticipated features of early hematopoietic precursors
Yang J, Tanaka Y, Seay M, Li Z, Jin J, Garmire LX, Zhu X, Taylor A, Li W, Euskirchen G, Halene S, Kluger Y, Snyder MP, Park IH, Pan X, Weissman SM. Single cell transcriptomics reveals unanticipated features of early hematopoietic precursors. Nucleic Acids Research 2016, 45: 1281-1296. PMID: 28003475, PMCID: PMC5388401, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematopoietic stem cellsPrecursor cellsInduction of anemiaInterferon response genesG2/M phaseEarly precursor cellsHomeostatic cellsStages of differentiationTranscription factorsSurface markersCell cycle progressionLong-term hematopoietic stem cellsSpecific augmentationAnemic miceMarked increaseEarly hematopoietic precursorsHematopoietic precursorsStem cellsCycle progressionM phaseSingle-cell transcriptomicsCellsCell differentiationHematopoietic stressLineage-specific transcription factors