Multimodal characterization of murine gastruloid development

S Suppinger, M Zinner, N Aizarani, I Lukonin, R Ortiz… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Gastruloids are 3D structures generated from pluripotent stem cells recapitulating
fundamental principles of embryonic pattern formation. Using single-cell genomic analysis …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro models of human hypoblast and mouse primitive endoderm

M Perera, JM Brickman - Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Similarities and differences in the embryonic origin and differentiation of PrE
(mouse) compared to hypoblast (human) development.•Signficant aspects of signaling …

[HTML][HTML] In situ characterization of the tumor microenvironment

H Sadeghirad, VY Naei, K O'Byrne, ME Warkiani… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Comprehensive TME characterization is required to understand therapy
resistance and sensitivity to current generations of therapeutics•Spatial profiling has …

The primitive endoderm supports lineage plasticity to enable regulative development

M Linneberg-Agerholm, AC Sell, A Redó-Riveiro… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Mammalian blastocyst formation involves the specification of the trophectoderm followed by
the differentiation of the inner cell mass into embryonic epiblast and extra-embryonic …

A single-cell atlas of pig gastrulation as a resource for comparative embryology

L Simpson, A Strange, D Klisch, S Kraunsoe… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cell-fate decisions during mammalian gastrulation are poorly understood outside of rodent
embryos. The embryonic disc of pig embryos mirrors humans, making them a useful proxy …

Expansion of ventral foregut is linked to changes in the enhancer landscape for organ-specific differentiation

YF Wong, Y Kumar, M Proks, JAR Herrera… - Nature cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Cell proliferation is fundamental for almost all stages of development and differentiation that
require an increase in cell number. Although cell cycle phase has been associated with …

A bipartite function of ESRRB can integrate signaling over time to balance self-renewal and differentiation

TE Knudsen, WB Hamilton, M Proks, M Lykkegaard… - Cell Systems, 2023 - cell.com
Cooperative DNA binding of transcription factors (TFs) integrates the cellular context to
support cell specification during development. Naive mouse embryonic stem cells are …

Extraembryonic gut endoderm cells undergo programmed cell death during development

J Batki, S Hetzel, D Schifferl, A Bolondi, M Walther… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite a distinct developmental origin, extraembryonic cells in mice contribute to gut
endoderm and converge to transcriptionally resemble their embryonic counterparts. Notably …

Transcriptional heterogeneity and cell cycle regulation as central determinants of primitive endoderm priming

M Perera, SB Nissen, M Proks, S Pozzi, RS Monteiro… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
During embryonic development cells acquire identity as they proliferate, implying that an
intrinsic facet of cell fate choice requires coupling lineage decisions to cell division. How is …

Neighbor-specific gene expression revealed from physically interacting cells during mouse embryonic development

J Kim, MM Rothová, E Madan, S Rhee… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Development of multicellular organisms is orchestrated by persistent cell–cell
communication between neighboring partners. Direct interaction between different cell types …