2020
Reprogramming progressive cells display low CAG promoter activity
Hu X, Wu Q, Zhang J, Kim J, Chen X, Hartman AA, Eastman AE, Park I, Guo S. Reprogramming progressive cells display low CAG promoter activity. Stem Cells 2020, 39: 43-54. PMID: 33075202, PMCID: PMC7821215, DOI: 10.1002/stem.3295.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Collisions on the Busy DNA Highway Set Up Barriers for Reprogramming
Hu X, Guo S. Collisions on the Busy DNA Highway Set Up Barriers for Reprogramming. Cell Stem Cell 2019, 25: 451-453. PMID: 31585090, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2019.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMKL1-actin pathway restricts chromatin accessibility and prevents mature pluripotency activation
Hu X, Liu ZZ, Chen X, Schulz VP, Kumar A, Hartman AA, Weinstein J, Johnston JF, Rodriguez EC, Eastman AE, Cheng J, Min L, Zhong M, Carroll C, Gallagher PG, Lu J, Schwartz M, King MC, Krause DS, Guo S. MKL1-actin pathway restricts chromatin accessibility and prevents mature pluripotency activation. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 1695. PMID: 30979898, PMCID: PMC6461646, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09636-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell fate reprogrammingChromatin accessibilityActin cytoskeletonSomatic cell reprogrammingPluripotency transcription factorsGlobal chromatin accessibilityGenomic accessibilityCytoskeleton (LINC) complexCell reprogrammingCytoskeletal genesTranscription factorsReprogrammingPluripotencyChromatinCytoskeletonMKL1Unappreciated aspectPathwayNuclear volumeNucleoskeletonSUN2CellsActivationGenesExpression