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ArticleCells2021

Sex-Specific Isolation and Propagation of Human Premeiotic Fetal Germ Cells and Germ Cell-Like Cells.

Swati Mishra, Jasin Taelman, Yolanda W Chang, Annekatrien Boel, Petra De Sutter, Björn Heindryckx, Susana M Chuva De Sousa Lopes

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Current progress onFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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  3. Stay on the road: from germ cell specification to gonadal colonization in mammals.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Swati MishraGhent-Fertility and Stem Cell Team (G-FaST), Department for Reproductive Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6123-8712
Jasin TaelmanGhent-Fertility and Stem Cell Team (G-FaST), Department for Reproductive Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Yolanda W ChangDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2333 ZC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Annekatrien BoelGhent-Fertility and Stem Cell Team (G-FaST), Department for Reproductive Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3256-7020
Petra De SutterGhent-Fertility and Stem Cell Team (G-FaST), Department for Reproductive Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Björn HeindryckxGhent-Fertility and Stem Cell Team (G-FaST), Department for Reproductive Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Susana M Chuva De Sousa LopesGhent-Fertility and Stem Cell Team (G-FaST), Department for Reproductive Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3866-2803
Ghent University Hospital · BELeiden University · NL

Funding

Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie IWT 131673Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie IWT 150042Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent BOF GOA030-18Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent BOF GOA 2018000504Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek VICI-2018-91819642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The second trimester of human development is marked by asynchronous gonadal development hampering the isolation of homogenous populations of early and late fetal germ cells (FGCs). We evaluated the feasibility of using surface markers TNAP, PDPN, EPCAM and ITGA6 to isolate FGCs as well as human primordial germ cell-like cells (hPGCLCs) derived from embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from both sexes by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). Our results suggest that a combination of TNAP and PDPN was sufficient to separate populations of premeiotic FGCs and hPGCLCs in both sexes. This combination of antibodies also proved efficient in separating 'mitotic' from 'retinoic-acid responsive' female FGCs. Furthermore, we report that the differentiation efficiency of TNAP+PDPN+ hPGCLCs from hESCs was sex-independent, but the ability to propagate differed considerably between the sexes. In contrast to male, female hPGCLCs retained their characteristics and exhibited robust colony-forming ability when cultured for five days in medium containing LIF, forskolin and FGF2. We conclude that marked sex differences exist in the isolation and propagation of human FGCs and hPGCLCs. Our study provides novel insights relevant for the optimization of in vitro gametogenesis in humans.

Indexed as

GametogenesisCell Culture TechniquesFemaleFetusGonadsHuman Embryonic Stem CellsHumansMaledifferentiationFACSfetal germ cellshuman embryonic stem cellssex-specific

Identifiers

PMID34065661
PMCPMC8156680
OpenAlexW3163737793

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