2009
A role for Lin28 in primordial germ-cell development and germ-cell malignancy
West JA, Viswanathan SR, Yabuuchi A, Cunniff K, Takeuchi A, Park IH, Sero JE, Zhu H, Perez-Atayde A, Frazier AL, Surani MA, Daley GQ. A role for Lin28 in primordial germ-cell development and germ-cell malignancy. Nature 2009, 460: 909-913. PMID: 19578360, PMCID: PMC2729657, DOI: 10.1038/nature08210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneEmbryonic Stem CellsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGerm CellsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalPositive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1Repressor ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsTransgenes
2006
In vitro generation of germ cells from murine embryonic stem cells
West JA, Park IH, Daley GQ, Geijsen N. In vitro generation of germ cells from murine embryonic stem cells. Nature Protocols 2006, 1: 2026-2036. PMID: 17487192, DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPutative primordial germ cellsEmbryonic stem cellsMurine embryonic stem cellsGerm cellsPrimordial germ cellsGerm cell developmentEmbryoid body differentiationHaploid male gametesStem cellsImprint erasureEpigenetic phenomenaGamete formationHaploid cellsGamete developmentMature gametesMale gametesStages of differentiationDifferentiation systemBody differentiationGerm layersCell developmentAggregates of cellsSpontaneous differentiationTeratoma formationCell allocation