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ArticleStem cell reports2021

Gene expression dynamics underlying cell fate emergence in 2D micropatterned human embryonic stem cell gastruloids.

Kyaw Thu Minn, Sabine Dietmann, Sarah E Waye, Samantha A Morris, Lilianna Solnica-Krezel

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kyaw Thu MinnDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Sabine DietmannDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Division of Nephrology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Institute for Informatics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Sarah E WayeDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Samantha A MorrisDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Center of Regenerative Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Lilianna Solnica-KrezelDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Center of Regenerative Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: solnical@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

DISSECTING THE MECHANISM OF PIONEER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-MEDIATED LINEAGE REPROGRAMMINGR01GM126112 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MORRIS, SAMANTHA ANNETTE · 2017 to 2021
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM126112
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human embryonic stem cells cultured in 2D micropatterns with BMP4 differentiate into a radial arrangement of germ layers and extraembryonic cells. Single-cell transcriptomes demonstrate generation of cell types transcriptionally similar to their in vivo counterparts in Carnegie stage 7 human gastrula. Time-course analyses indicate sequential differentiation, where the epiblast arises by 12 h between the prospective ectoderm in the center and the cells initiating differentiation toward extraembryonic fates at the edge. Extraembryonic and mesendoderm precursors arise from the epiblast by 24 h, while nascent mesoderm, endoderm, and primordial germ cell-like cells form by 44 h. Dynamic changes in transcripts encoding signaling components support a BMP, WNT, and Nodal hierarchy underlying germ-layer specification conserved across mammals, and FGF and HIPPO pathways being active throughout differentiation. This work also provides a resource for mining genes and pathways expressed in a stereotyped 2D gastruloid model, common with other species or unique to human gastrulation.

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAmnionCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCell LineageGastrulaGastrulationGerm CellsGerm LayersHuman Embryonic Stem CellsHumansMesodermPrimitive StreakSignal TransductionTime FactorsTranscription, GeneticectodermendodermepiblastgastrulationgastruloidmesodermNODALprimordial germ cellstem cell differentiationWNT

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