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ArticlePLoS biology2019

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals regulatory mechanism for trophoblast cell-fate divergence in human peri-implantation conceptuses.

Bo Lv, Qin An, Qiao Zeng, Xunyi Zhang, Ping Lu, Yanqiu Wang, Xianmin Zhu, Yazhong Ji, Guoping Fan, Zhigang Xue

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Article in PLoS biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Bo LvDepartment of Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Qin AnDepartment of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, State of California, United States of America.
Qiao ZengCenter of Reproductive Medicine of Ji'an Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Ji'an, Jiangxi, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9729-605X
Xunyi ZhangReproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Ping LuDepartment of Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Yanqiu WangReproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Xianmin ZhuShanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1405-9700
Yazhong JiReproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Guoping FanDepartment of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, State of California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5235-6410
Zhigang XueDepartment of Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7715-1403
Tongji University · CNUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USMaternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Bao'an · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multipotent trophoblasts undergo dynamic morphological movement and cellular differentiation after conceptus implantation to generate placenta. However, the mechanism controlling trophoblast development and differentiation during peri-implantation development in human remains elusive. In this study, we modeled human conceptus peri-implantation development from blastocyst to early postimplantation stages by using an in vitro coculture system and profiled the transcriptome of 476 individual trophoblast cells from these conceptuses. We revealed the genetic networks regulating peri-implantation trophoblast development. While determining when trophoblast differentiation happens, our bioinformatic analysis identified T-box transcription factor 3 (TBX3) as a key regulator for the differentiation of cytotrophoblast (CT) into syncytiotrophoblast (ST). The function of TBX3 in trophoblast differentiation is then validated by a loss-of-function experiment. In conclusion, our results provided a valuable resource to study the regulation of trophoblasts development and differentiation during human peri-implantation development.

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Regulatory NetworksModels, BiologicalTranscriptomeCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationComputational BiologyEmbryo ImplantationHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansSingle-Cell AnalysisT-Box Domain ProteinsTrophoblastsZygoteT-Box Domain ProteinsTBX3 protein, human

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PMID31596842
PMCPMC6802852
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