The placenta: epigenetic insights into trophoblast developmental models of a generation-bridging organ with long-lasting impact on lifelong health

M Hemberger, W Dean - Physiological Reviews, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
The placenta is a unique organ system that functionally combines both maternal and fetal
cell types with distinct lineage origins. Normal placentation is critical for developmental …

Shifting early embryology paradigms: Applications of stem cell-based embryo models in bioengineering

A Abel, B Sozen - Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2023 - Elsevier
Technologies to reproduce specific aspects of early mammalian embryogenesis in vitro
using stem cells have skyrocketed over the last several years. With these advances, we …

Integrated multi-omics reveal polycomb repressive complex 2 restricts human trophoblast induction

DW Zijlmans, I Talon, S Verhelst, A Bendall… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Human naive pluripotent stem cells have unrestricted lineage potential. Underpinning this
property, naive cells are thought to lack chromatin-based lineage barriers. However, this …

KLF17 promotes human naïve pluripotency but is not required for its establishment

RA Lea, A McCarthy, S Boeing, T Fallesen… - …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Current knowledge of the transcriptional regulation of human pluripotency is incomplete,
with lack of interspecies conservation observed. Single-cell transcriptomics analysis of …

The transcriptional regulatory network modulating human trophoblast stem cells to extravillous trophoblast differentiation

M Kim, YJ Jang, M Lee, Q Guo, AJ Son… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
During human pregnancy, extravillous trophoblasts play crucial roles in placental invasion
into the maternal decidua and spiral artery remodeling. However, regulatory factors and their …