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ArticlePloS one2018

Transcriptome variations among human embryonic stem cell lines are associated with their differentiation propensity.

Changbin Sun, Jiawen Zhang, Dongmin Zheng, Jian Wang, Huanming Yang, Xi Zhang

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Changbin SunBGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
Jiawen ZhangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Dongmin ZhengBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Jian WangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Huanming YangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Xi ZhangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2859-7438

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Abstract

Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) have the potential to form any cell type in the body, making them attractive cell sources in drug screening, regenerative medicine, disease and developmental processes modeling. However, not all hESC lines have the equal potency to generate desired cell types in vitro. Significant variations have been observed for the differentiation efficiency of various human ESC lines. The precise underpinning molecular mechanisms are still unclear. In this work, we compared transcriptome variations of four hESC lines H7, HUES1, HUES8 and HUES9. We found that hESC lines have different gene expression profiles, and these differentially expressed genes (DEGs) are significantly enriched in developmental processes, such as ectodermal, mesodermal and endodermal development. The enrichment difference between hESC lines was consistent with its lineage bias. Among these DEGs, some pluripotency factors and genes involved in signaling transduction showed great variations as well. The pleiotropic functions of these genes in controlling hESC identity and early lineage specification, implicated that different hESC lines may utilize distinct balance mechanisms to maintain pluripotent state. When the balance is broken in a certain environment, gene expression variation between them could impact on their different lineage specification behavior.

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Cell DifferentiationTranscriptomeCells, CulturedEmbryonic Stem CellsHumansReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors

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PMID29444173
PMCPMC5812638

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