2023
Live imaging reveals chromatin compaction transitions and dynamic transcriptional bursting during stem cell differentiation in vivo
May D, Yun S, Gonzalez D, Park S, Chen Y, Lathrop E, Cai B, Xin T, Zhao H, Wang S, Gonzalez L, Cockburn K, Greco V. Live imaging reveals chromatin compaction transitions and dynamic transcriptional bursting during stem cell differentiation in vivo. ELife 2023, 12: e83444. PMID: 36880644, PMCID: PMC10027315, DOI: 10.7554/elife.83444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStem cell differentiationCell differentiationStem cell compartmentCompaction changesChromatin compaction statesDynamic transcriptional statesCell compartmentChromatin architectureCell cycle statusChromatin rearrangementNascent RNATranscriptional burstingTranscriptional statesLive imagingTissue contextGene expressionDifferentiating cellsGlobal remodelingIndividual cellsCycle statusStem cellsDifferentiation statusDifferentiationCellsMorphological changes
2020
Cell-Cycle-Dependent ERK Signaling Dynamics Direct Fate Specification in the Mammalian Preimplantation Embryo
Pokrass MJ, Ryan KA, Xin T, Pielstick B, Timp W, Greco V, Regot S. Cell-Cycle-Dependent ERK Signaling Dynamics Direct Fate Specification in the Mammalian Preimplantation Embryo. Developmental Cell 2020, 55: 328-340.e5. PMID: 33091369, PMCID: PMC7658051, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.09.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFate specificationPreimplantation developmentKinase translocation reporterMammalian preimplantation embryosInner cell massEmbryonic stem cellsSingle cellsDifferent cell typesMulticellular organismsEndogenous taggingDaughter cellsNanog proteinActive ERKNanog levelsERK activityGene expressionPreimplantation embryosCell cycleTrophectoderm cellsERK inhibitionCell typesStem cellsLive embryosCell massEmbryos