Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies ZIC2 as an essential gene that controls the cell fate of early mesodermal precursors to human heart progenitors
Xu J, Zhou C, Foo K, Yang R, Xiao Y, Bylund K, Sahara M, Chien K. Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies ZIC2 as an essential gene that controls the cell fate of early mesodermal precursors to human heart progenitors. Stem Cells 2020, 38: 741-755. PMID: 32129551, PMCID: PMC7891398, DOI: 10.1002/stem.3168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsDisease Models, AnimalGenome-Wide Association StudyHeartHumansMesodermMiceNuclear ProteinsTranscription FactorsConceptsHuman pluripotent stem cellsCRISPR knockout screensCell fateProgenitor formationEssential genesHuman cardiogenesisGenome-wide CRISPR knockout screenProgenitor cell fate determinationEarly mesodermal precursorsSingle-cell RNA-seq analysisMesoderm precursor cellsCell fate determinationDevelopmental signaling cascadesProgenitor cell fateRNA-seq analysisRNA-seq profilingMultiple gene setsPluripotent stem cellsMesoderm formationMesodermal precursorsHeart progenitorsCommitted stepMesodermal formationGene setsMaster regulator