Functional characterization of SOX2 as an anticancer target

S Zhang, X Xiong, Y Sun - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
SOX2 is a well-characterized pluripotent factor that is essential for stem cell self-renewal,
reprogramming, and homeostasis. The cellular levels of SOX2 are precisely regulated by a …

Induced pluripotency: history, mechanisms, and applications

M Stadtfeld, K Hochedlinger - Genes & development, 2010 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from somatic cells demonstrated
that adult mammalian cells can be reprogrammed to a pluripotent state by the enforced …

Hypoblast from human pluripotent stem cells regulates epiblast development

T Okubo, N Rivron, M Kabata, H Masaki, K Kishimoto… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Recently, several studies using cultures of human embryos together with single-cell RNA-
seq analyses have revealed differences between humans and mice, necessitating the study …

Transcriptional addiction in cancer cells is mediated by YAP/TAZ through BRD4

F Zanconato, G Battilana, M Forcato, L Filippi… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Cancer cells rely on dysregulated gene expression. This establishes specific transcriptional
addictions that may be therapeutically exploited. Yet, the mechanisms that are ultimately …

Precise correction of the dystrophin gene in duchenne muscular dystrophy patient induced pluripotent stem cells by TALEN and CRISPR-Cas9

HL Li, N Fujimoto, N Sasakawa, S Shirai, T Ohkame… - Stem cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe muscle-degenerative disease caused by a
mutation in the dystrophin gene. Genetic correction of patient-derived induced pluripotent …

[HTML][HTML] The Hippo transducer TAZ confers cancer stem cell-related traits on breast cancer cells

M Cordenonsi, F Zanconato, L Azzolin, M Forcato… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are proposed to drive tumor initiation and progression. Yet, our
understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie CSC properties is …

An efficient nonviral method to generate integration-free human-induced pluripotent stem cells from cord blood and peripheral blood cells

K Okita, T Yamakawa, Y Matsumura, Y Sato… - Stem …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) provides the opportunity to use
patient-specific somatic cells, which are a valuable source for disease modeling and drug …

Epigenetic resetting of human pluripotency

G Guo, F von Meyenn, M Rostovskaya… - …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Much attention has focussed on the conversion of human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) to a
more naïve developmental status. Here we provide a method for resetting via transient …

Stage-specific optimization of activin/nodal and BMP signaling promotes cardiac differentiation of mouse and human pluripotent stem cell lines

SJ Kattman, AD Witty, M Gagliardi, NC Dubois… - Cell stem cell, 2011 - cell.com
Efficient differentiation of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells
(iPSCs) to a variety of lineages requires step-wise approaches replicating the key …

[HTML][HTML] A model for neural development and treatment of Rett syndrome using human induced pluripotent stem cells

MCN Marchetto, C Carromeu, A Acab, D Yu, GW Yeo… - Cell, 2010 - cell.com
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are complex neurodevelopmental diseases in which
different combinations of genetic mutations may contribute to the phenotype. Using Rett …