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ArticleBiology open2017

GATA6 is essential for endoderm formation from human pluripotent stem cells.

J B Fisher, K Pulakanti, S Rao, S A Duncan

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Article in Biology open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

J B FisherDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
K PulakantiBlood Center of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
S RaoDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
S A DuncanDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA duncanst@musc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2507-7827
Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin · USMedical College of Wisconsin · US

Funding

iPS-derived hepatocytes for interrogation of lipid phenotypesU01HG006398 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RADER, DANIEL JAMES · 2011 to 2015
$8.6M
TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULAT OF MAMMALIAN HEPATIC DEVELOPMENTR01DK055743 · NIDDK · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI DUNCAN, STEPHEN A · 2000 to 2014
$4.6M
Molecular Basis of Human Hepatic Progenitor Cell FormationR01DK102716 · NIDDK · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI DUNCAN, STEPHEN A · 2014 to 2022
$3.8M
Anesthesiology Research Training ProgramT32GM089586 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI EBERT, THOMAS JAY · 2010 to 2019
$1.5M
Modeling liver metabolism with patient-specific iPS derived hepatocytesRC1DK087377 · NIDDK · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI DUNCAN, STEPHEN A, GROMPE, MARKUS · 2009 to 2010
$999k
NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG006398NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK055743NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK102716NIDDK NIH HHS RC1 DK087377NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM089586
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protocols have been established that direct differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into a variety of cell types, including the endoderm and its derivatives. This model of differentiation has been useful for investigating the molecular mechanisms that guide human developmental processes. Using a directed differentiation protocol combined with shRNA depletion we sought to understand the role of GATA6 in regulating the earliest switch from pluripotency to definitive endoderm. We reveal that GATA6 depletion during endoderm formation results in apoptosis of nascent endoderm cells, concomitant with a loss of endoderm gene expression. We show by chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by DNA sequencing that GATA6 directly binds to several genes encoding transcription factors that are necessary for endoderm differentiation. Our data support the view that GATA6 is a central regulator of the formation of human definitive endoderm from pluripotent stem cells by directly controlling endoderm gene expression.

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Endoderm developmentGATAPluripotent stem cell differentiationTranscriptional control

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PMID28606935
PMCPMC5550920
OpenAlexW2625910415

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