2015
Integrative Analyses of Human Reprogramming Reveal Dynamic Nature of Induced Pluripotency
Cacchiarelli D, Trapnell C, Ziller MJ, Soumillon M, Cesana M, Karnik R, Donaghey J, Smith ZD, Ratanasirintrawoot S, Zhang X, Sui S, Wu Z, Akopian V, Gifford CA, Doench J, Rinn JL, Daley GQ, Meissner A, Lander ES, Mikkelsen TS. Integrative Analyses of Human Reprogramming Reveal Dynamic Nature of Induced Pluripotency. Cell 2015, 162: 412-424. PMID: 26186193, PMCID: PMC4511597, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduced pluripotencyHuman cellsEmbryonic patterning genesComplementary functional analysesPre-implantation stagesPatterning genesDevelopmental regulatorsEpigenomic analysisMolecular principlesNovel regulatorFunctional analysisIntegrative analysisIntercellular heterogeneityMolecular underpinningsPluripotencyDisease modelingCell platformRegulatorCellsDistinct wavesDonor variabilityGenes
2011
Reprogramming Factor Expression Initiates Widespread Targeted Chromatin Remodeling
Koche RP, Smith ZD, Adli M, Gu H, Ku M, Gnirke A, Bernstein BE, Meissner A. Reprogramming Factor Expression Initiates Widespread Targeted Chromatin Remodeling. Cell Stem Cell 2011, 8: 96-105. PMID: 21211784, PMCID: PMC3220622, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2010.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPluripotent stem cell stateEuchromatic histone modificationsRepressive H3K27me3 modificationGenome-wide changesStem cell stateChromatin remodelingH3K4 methylationHistone modificationsH3K27me3 modificationEpigenetic responsesTranscriptional changesSomatic cellsRegulatory eventsGene promoterEpigenetic changesCell statesCorresponding lociSomatic identityMechanistic questionsFactor inductionEarly eventsLociH3K4me2ReprogrammingRapid progress