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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2018

Activin/Smad2 and Wnt/β-catenin up-regulate HAS2 and ALDH3A2 to facilitate mesendoderm differentiation of human embryonic stem cells.

Xuanhao Xu, Lu Wang, Bofeng Liu, Wei Xie, Ye-Guang Chen

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. The Role of SMAD2/3 in Human Embryonic Stem Cells.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xuanhao XuFrom the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 and.
Lu WangFrom the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 and.
Bofeng Liuthe Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Wei Xiethe Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Ye-Guang ChenFrom the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 and ygchen@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Tsinghua University · CNCenter for Life Sciences · CNKing Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activin and Wnt signaling are necessary and sufficient for mesendoderm (ME) differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (ESCs). In this study, we report that during ME differentiation induced by Activin and Wnt, Activin/Smad2 induces a decrease of the repressive histone modification of H3K27me3 by promoting the proteasome-dependent degradation of enhancer of zeste 2 polycomb (EZH2)-repressive complex 2 subunit. As a result, recruitment of the forkhead protein FOXH1 on open chromatin regions integrates the signals of Activin/Smad2 and Wnt/β-catenin to activate the expression of the ME genes including

Indexed as

Up-RegulationWnt Signaling PathwayActivinsAldehyde Oxidoreductasesbeta CateninCell DifferentiationChromatinEndodermEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEpigenesis, GeneticForkhead Transcription FactorsHistonesHuman Embryonic Stem CellsHumansHyaluronan SynthasesMesodermActivinsAldehyde Oxidoreductasesbeta CateninChromatinCTNNB1 protein, humanEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEZH2 protein, humanForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXH1 protein, humanHAS2 protein, humanHistonesHyaluronan Synthaseslong-chain-aldehyde dehydrogenaseSmad2 ProteinSMAD2 protein, humanactivinALDH3A2differentiationembryonic stem cellH3K27me3HAS2SMAD transcription factorWnt signalingβ-catenin (β-catenin)

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PMID30282636
PMCPMC6290156
OpenAlexW2895148380

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