2019
Differential regulation of OCT4 targets facilitates reacquisition of pluripotency
Thakurela S, Sindhu C, Yurkovsky E, Riemenschneider C, Smith ZD, Nachman I, Meissner A. Differential regulation of OCT4 targets facilitates reacquisition of pluripotency. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 4444. PMID: 31570708, PMCID: PMC6768871, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11741-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEctopic transcription factorsReacquisition of pluripotencySomatic cell reprogrammingCis-regulatory elementsTranscription factor expressionExact molecular mechanismsOCT4 targetsPluripotent stem cellsPluripotency inductionCell reprogrammingTranscription factorsSomatic cellsMolecular mechanismsDifferential regulationPluripotencyStem cellsVivo differentiationPrimary targetCellsFactor expressionFinal stepExperimental systemReprogrammingTargetDifferentiation
2018
Global delay in nascent strand DNA methylation
Charlton J, Downing TL, Smith ZD, Gu H, Clement K, Pop R, Akopian V, Klages S, Santos DP, Tsankov AM, Timmermann B, Ziller MJ, Kiskinis E, Gnirke A, Meissner A. Global delay in nascent strand DNA methylation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2018, 25: 327-332. PMID: 29531288, PMCID: PMC5889353, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0046-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCell CycleCell ProliferationCpG IslandsCytosineDNADNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA MethylationDNA Methyltransferase 3ADNA ReplicationEmbryonic Stem CellsEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression RegulationGenome, HumanHCT116 CellsHumansMaleMethylationMitosisMotor NeuronsNeoplasmsSequence Analysis, RNATranscription FactorsConceptsCytosine methylationCpG methylationGenome-wide bisulfite sequencingCis-regulatory elementsEmbryonic stem cellsCancer cell line HCT116Cell cycle arrestEpigenetic informationMammalian developmentGene regulationMitotic transmissionEpigenetic heterogeneityEpigenetic roleBisulfite sequencingCell line HCT116DNA methylationHuman cellsMethylationHeterogeneous methylationStem cellsCellsBrdU labelingPronounced lagGlobal reductionImmunoprecipitation
2016
Molecular features of cellular reprogramming and development
Smith ZD, Sindhu C, Meissner A. Molecular features of cellular reprogramming and development. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2016, 17: 139-154. PMID: 26883001, DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKrüppel-like factor 4Pluripotent stateSRY-box 2Somatic cellsDirect reprogrammingInduced pluripotent stem cell generationDifferentiated cellsPluripotent stem cell generationCis-regulatory elementsStem cell generationAdditional molecular featuresMolecular featuresPluripotent stem cellsChromatin remodellersBivalent chromatinEpigenetic barriersDevelopmental genesCellular identityCellular reprogrammingGenetic modulesEpigenetic regulationCompact chromatinTranscriptional inductionEpigenetic repressorEpigenetic modifiers