2021
Human embryo polarization requires PLC signaling to mediate trophectoderm specification
Zhu M, Shahbazi M, Martin A, Zhang C, Sozen B, Borsos M, Mandelbaum RS, Paulson RJ, Mole MA, Esbert M, Titus S, Scott RT, Campbell A, Fishel S, Gradinaru V, Zhao H, Wu K, Chen ZJ, Seli E, de los Santos MJ, Goetz M. Human embryo polarization requires PLC signaling to mediate trophectoderm specification. ELife 2021, 10: e65068. PMID: 34569938, PMCID: PMC8514238, DOI: 10.7554/elife.65068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAdultBody PatterningCell DifferentiationCell LineageCell PolarityEmbryo Culture TechniquesEmbryo, MammalianFemaleGATA3 Transcription FactorGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHumansPhosphoinositide Phospholipase CPhospholipase C betaPregnancySignal TransductionTime FactorsYoung AdultConceptsApical domain formationInner cell massEmbryo polarizationPhospholipase CFirst lineage segregationApico-basal polarizationEight-cell stageLineage segregationMammalian developmentTrophectoderm specificationTE fateApical enrichmentApical accumulationDistinct lineagesApical domainApolar cellsPar complexPolarized cellsRNA interferenceMolecular mechanismsF-actinHuman embryosCell stageEmbryosDomain formation
2005
An embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (ePAB) is expressed in mouse oocytes and early preimplantation embryos
Seli E, Lalioti MD, Flaherty SM, Sakkas D, Terzi N, Steitz JA. An embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (ePAB) is expressed in mouse oocytes and early preimplantation embryos. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2005, 102: 367-372. PMID: 15630085, PMCID: PMC544294, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408378102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZygotic gene activationGene activationEarly embryosSomatic cellsTranslational activationGene expressionEmbryo developmentEarly preimplantation embryo developmentEarly Xenopus developmentEarly preimplantation embryosEight-cell stageEarly embryo developmentPreimplantation embryo developmentTwo-cell embryosCytoplasmic PABPMouse orthologXenopus developmentMammalian oocytesProphase ISomatic tissuesChromosome 2Preimplantation embryosEPABMouse oocytesOne-cell