2023
Self-patterning of human stem cells into post-implantation lineages
Pedroza M, Gassaloglu S, Dias N, Zhong L, Hou T, Kretzmer H, Smith Z, Sozen B. Self-patterning of human stem cells into post-implantation lineages. Nature 2023, 622: 574-583. PMID: 37369348, PMCID: PMC10584676, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06354-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStem cellsPlacental cell typesPost-implantation embryonic developmentHuman pluripotent stem cellsPluripotent stem cellsHuman embryonic developmentEmbryonic developmentHuman stem cellsCongenital pathologyPost-implantation epiblastDiverse cell statesSingle-cell transcriptomicsAmniotic ectodermExtra-embryonic endodermSpontaneous differentiationSignaling hubThree-dimensional structureSecreted modulatorsCell types
2020
TETs compete with DNMT3 activity in pluripotent cells at thousands of methylated somatic enhancers
Charlton J, Jung EJ, Mattei AL, Bailly N, Liao J, Martin EJ, Giesselmann P, Brändl B, Stamenova EK, Müller FJ, Kiskinis E, Gnirke A, Smith ZD, Meissner A. TETs compete with DNMT3 activity in pluripotent cells at thousands of methylated somatic enhancers. Nature Genetics 2020, 52: 819-827. PMID: 32514123, PMCID: PMC7415576, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-020-0639-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineDNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA MethylationDNA Methyltransferase 3AEmbryonic Stem CellsEnhancer Elements, GeneticEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGerm LayersHumansMiceMice, KnockoutMixed Function OxygenasesPluripotent Stem CellsProto-Oncogene ProteinsConceptsPluripotent cellsHuman embryonic stem cell linesEmbryonic stem cell linesDNA methylation landscapeEpiblast stem cellsStem cell linesGlobal methylation levelsMethylation landscapeMouse ESCsMammalian cellsRegulatory sequencesDNA methylationSomatic tissuesNegative regulatorTET expressionMethylation levelsDynamic locusStem cellsCell linesLociDemethylationRegulatorEnhancerCellsTet
2017
Epigenetic restriction of extraembryonic lineages mirrors the somatic transition to cancer
Smith ZD, Shi J, Gu H, Donaghey J, Clement K, Cacchiarelli D, Gnirke A, Michor F, Meissner A. Epigenetic restriction of extraembryonic lineages mirrors the somatic transition to cancer. Nature 2017, 549: 543-547. PMID: 28959968, PMCID: PMC5789792, DOI: 10.1038/nature23891.Peer-Reviewed Original Research