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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2020

Epigenetic regulation of mouse preimplantation embryo development.

Xudong Fu, Chunxia Zhang, Yi Zhang

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Metabolic Plasticity in Embryogenesis Throughout the Lens of NADMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  3. Exit from totipotency in mammals: an epigenetic perspective.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  4. Nucleoskeletal Proteins in Early Embryogenesis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  8. Chromatin Analyses in Mouse Oocytes and Preimplantation Embryos.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Xudong FuHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Chunxia ZhangHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Yi ZhangHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: yzhang@genetics.med.harvard.edu.

Funding

Understanding mechanism and improving efficiency of somatic cell nuclear transferR01HD092465 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI ZHANG, YI · 2017 to 2021
$2.4M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNICHD NIH HHS R01 HD092465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After fertilization, mouse embryos go through preimplantation development to give rise to blastocyst. Two key molecular events, zygotic genome activation (ZGA) and the first cell lineage specification, are essential for the process. Recent advances in low-input epigenomics profiling techniques allow the analysis of these events at a molecular level, which revealed a critical role of epigenetic and chromatin reprogramming in ZGA and the first cell lineage specification. Additionally, the establishment of an in vitro embryonic stem cell (ESC) to two-cell embryo-like conversion system have also contributed to the molecular understanding of preimplantation development. In this review, we summarize recent advances in epigenetic regulation of mouse preimplantation development, point out the remaining questions, and propose strategies to tackle these questions.

Indexed as

Embryonic DevelopmentEpigenesis, GeneticGenomeAnimalsBlastocystEmbryonic Stem CellsFemaleHumansPregnancyZygote

Identifiers

PMID32563750
PMCPMC7641911

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