Identification of key factors conquering developmental arrest of somatic cell cloned embryos by combining embryo biopsy and single-cell sequencing

W Liu, X Liu, C Wang, Y Gao, R Gao, X Kou, Y Zhao… - Cell discovery, 2016 - nature.com
Differentiated somatic cells can be reprogrammed into totipotent embryos through somatic
cell nuclear transfer. However, most cloned embryos arrest at early stages and the …

[HTML][HTML] Embryonic development following somatic cell nuclear transfer impeded by persisting histone methylation

S Matoba, Y Liu, F Lu, KA Iwabuchi, L Shen, A Inoue… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Mammalian oocytes can reprogram somatic cells into a totipotent state enabling animal
cloning through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). However, the majority of SCNT …

Inhibition of aberrant DNA re-methylation improves post-implantation development of somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos

R Gao, C Wang, Y Gao, W Xiu, J Chen, X Kou, Y Zhao… - Cell stem cell, 2018 - cell.com
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) enables cloning of differentiated cells by
reprogramming their nuclei to a totipotent state. However, successful full-term development …

Dux-mediated corrections of aberrant H3K9ac during 2-cell genome activation optimize efficiency of somatic cell nuclear transfer

G Yang, L Zhang, W Liu, Z Qiao, S Shen, Q Zhu, R Gao… - Cell stem cell, 2021 - cell.com
Differentiated somatic cells can be reprogrammed to totipotent embryos through somatic cell
nuclear transfer (SCNT) with low efficiency. The histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A …

[HTML][HTML] Tough beginnings: alterations in the transcriptome of cloned embryos during the first two cell cycles

R Vassena, Z Han, S Gao, DA Baldwin, RM Schultz… - Developmental …, 2007 - Elsevier
Cloned embryos produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) display a plethora of
phenotypic characteristics that make them different from fertilized embryos, indicating …

Strategies to improve the efficiency of somatic cell nuclear transfer

K Srirattana, M Kaneda, R Parnpai - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mammalian oocytes can reprogram differentiated somatic cells into a totipotent state through
somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), which is known as cloning. Although many mammalian …

Equivalency of nuclear transfer‐derived embryonic stem cells to those derived from fertilized mouse blastocysts

S Wakayama, ML Jakt, M Suzuki, R Araki, T Hikichi… - Stem …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Therapeutic cloning, whereby nuclear transfer (NT) is used to generate embryonic stem cells
(ESCs) from blastocysts, has been demonstrated successfully in mice and cattle. However, if …

Histone demethylase expression enhances human somatic cell nuclear transfer efficiency and promotes derivation of pluripotent stem cells

YG Chung, S Matoba, Y Liu, JH Eum, F Lu, W Jiang… - Cell stem cell, 2015 - cell.com
The extremely low efficiency of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) derivation using somatic
cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) limits its potential application. Blastocyst formation from human …

Establishment of male and female nuclear transfer embryonic stem cell lines from different mouse strains and tissues

S Wakayama, H Ohta, S Kishigami… - Biology of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Nuclear transfer can be used to generate embryonic stem cell lines from somatic cells, and
these have great potential in regenerative medicine. However, it is still unclear whether any …

The cytoplasm of mouse germinal vesicle stage oocytes can enhance somatic cell nuclear reprogramming

HT Bui, S Wakayama, S Kishigami, JH Kim… - 2008 - journals.biologists.com
In mammalian cloning, evidence suggests that genomic reprogramming factors are located
in the nucleus rather than the cytoplasm of oocytes or zygotes. However, little is known …