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ReviewStem cell reviews and reports2022

A Comprehensive Review on the Role of ZSCAN4 in Embryonic Development, Stem Cells, and Cancer.

Madhuri Thool, Pradeep Kumar Sundaravadivelu, S Sudhagar, Rajkumar P Thummer

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Review in Stem cell reviews and reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Madhuri Thool *Laboratory for Stem Cell Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Guwahati, Assam, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3376-1554
Pradeep Kumar Sundaravadivelu *Laboratory for Stem Cell Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Guwahati, Assam, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9108-6430
S SudhagarDepartment of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Guwahati, Changsari, 781101, Guwahati, Assam, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3757-2208
Rajkumar P ThummerLaboratory for Stem Cell Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Guwahati, Assam, India. rthu@iitg.ac.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4526-8364
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati · INNational Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ZSCAN4 is a transcription factor that plays a pivotal role during early embryonic development. It is a unique gene expressed specifically during the first tide of de novo transcription during the zygotic genome activation. Moreover, it is reported to regulate telomere length in embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells. Interestingly, ZSCAN4 is expressed in approximately 5% of the embryonic stem cells in culture at any given time, which points to the fact that it has a tight regulatory system. Furthermore, ZSCAN4, if included in the reprogramming cocktail along with core reprogramming factors, increases the reprogramming efficiency and results in better quality, genetically stable induced pluripotent stem cells. Also, it is reported to have a role in promoting cancer stem cell phenotype and can prospectively be used as a marker for the same. In this review, the multifaceted role of ZSCAN4 in embryonic development, embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, cancer, and germ cells are discussed comprehensively.

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Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsNeoplasmsDNA-Binding ProteinsEmbryonic DevelopmentEmbryonic Stem CellsGene Expression RegulationTranscription FactorsDNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsZSCAN4 protein, humanCancerEmbryonic developmentEmbryonic stem cellsInduced pluripotent stem cellsTelomere elongationZSCAN4

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PMID35739386
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