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ArticleDevelopmental cell2021

Inducible Stem-Cell-Derived Embryos Capture Mouse Morphogenetic Events In Vitro.

Gianluca Amadei, Kasey Y C Lau, Joachim De Jonghe, Carlos W Gantner, Berna Sozen, Christopher Chan, Meng Zhu, Christos Kyprianou, Florian Hollfelder, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

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Article in Developmental cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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80citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gianluca AmadeiDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
Kasey Y C LauDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
Joachim De JongheDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
Carlos W GantnerDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
Berna SozenDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
Christopher ChanDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
Meng ZhuDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
Christos KyprianouDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
Florian HollfelderDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
Magdalena Zernicka-GoetzDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK; Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. Electronic address: mz205@cam.ac.uk.
University of Cambridge · GBCalifornia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Placental models to support embryogenesis in vitroDP1HD104575 · NICHD · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ZERNICKA-GOETZ, MAGDALENA · 2020 to 2024
$5.8M
Biological mechanisms that eliminate aneuploid cells from a mosaic conceptus in the mouse model systemR01HD101489 · NICHD · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ZERNICKA-GOETZ, MAGDALENA · 2021 to 2025
$2.6M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilNICHD NIH HHS DP1 HD104575NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD101489Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 207415/Z/17/ZWellcome Trust WT108438/C/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of mouse embryos can be partially recapitulated by combining embryonic stem cells (ESCs), trophoblast stem cells (TS), and extra-embryonic endoderm (XEN) stem cells to generate embryo-like structures called ETX embryos. Although ETX embryos transcriptionally capture the mouse gastrula, their ability to recapitulate complex morphogenic events such as gastrulation is limited, possibly due to the limited potential of XEN cells. To address this, we generated ESCs transiently expressing transcription factor Gata4, which drives the extra-embryonic endoderm fate, and combined them with ESCs and TS cells to generate induced ETX embryos (iETX embryos). We show that iETX embryos establish a robust anterior signaling center that migrates unilaterally to break embryo symmetry. Furthermore, iETX embryos gastrulate generating embryonic and extra-embryonic mesoderm and definitive endoderm. Our findings reveal that replacement of XEN cells with ESCs transiently expressing Gata4 endows iETX embryos with greater developmental potential, thus enabling the study of the establishment of anterior-posterior patterning and gastrulation in an in vitro system.

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MorphogenesisAnimalsBiomarkersCell LineCell LineageEmbryo, MammalianEmbryonic Stem CellsEndodermEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGastrulationGATA4 Transcription FactorInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMicePrimitive StreakSignal TransductionBiomarkersGATA4 Transcription FactorembryogenesisEMTgastrulationgastruloidinduced ETX-embryosstem cells

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PMID33378662
PMCPMC7883308
OpenAlexW3116735613

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