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ArticleStem cell reports2017

NODAL Secures Pluripotency upon Embryonic Stem Cell Progression from the Ground State.

Carla Mulas, Tüzer Kalkan, Austin Smith

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Pluripotent cell states and fates in human embryo models.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025
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  7. Pluripotency genes of mammals: a network at work.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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  8. Propagating pluripotency - The conundrum of self-renewal.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2024
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  9. Control of cell state transitions by post-transcriptional regulation.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024
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  13. The many dimensions of germline competence.Current opinion in cell biology · 2023
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  15. Cell state transitions: catch them if you can.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Carla MulasWellcome Trust - Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK; Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
Tüzer KalkanWellcome Trust - Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK.
Austin SmithWellcome Trust - Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK; Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK. Electronic address: austin.smith@cscr.cam.ac.uk.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 961424Medical Research Council G1001028Medical Research Council G1100526Medical Research Council MR/P00072X/1Wellcome Trust 091484/Z/10/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naive mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) can develop multiple fates, but the cellular and molecular processes that enable lineage competence are poorly characterized. Here, we investigated progression from the ESC ground state in defined culture. We utilized downregulation of Rex1::GFPd2 to track the loss of ESC identity. We found that cells that have newly downregulated this reporter have acquired capacity for germline induction. They can also be efficiently specified for different somatic lineages, responding more rapidly than naive cells to inductive cues. Inhibition of autocrine NODAL signaling did not alter kinetics of exit from the ESC state but compromised both germline and somatic lineage specification. Transient inhibition prior to loss of ESC identity was sufficient for this effect. Genetic ablation of Nodal reduced viability during early differentiation, consistent with defective lineage specification. These results suggest that NODAL promotes acquisition of multi-lineage competence in cells departing naive pluripotency.

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Cell DifferentiationAnimalsCell LineCell LineageGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMiceMouse Embryonic Stem CellsNodal ProteinSignal TransductionNodal ProteindifferentiationESCsformative pluripotencypluripotency

Identifiers

PMID28669603
PMCPMC5511111

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