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ArticleNature communications2023

Generation of three-dimensional meat-like tissue from stable pig epiblast stem cells.

Gaoxiang Zhu, Dengfeng Gao, Linzi Li, Yixuan Yao, Yingjie Wang, Minglei Zhi, Jinying Zhang, Xinze Chen, Qianqian Zhu, Jie Gao and 7 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
11.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 48 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

17 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Gaoxiang Zhu *State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Dengfeng Gao *State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Linzi Li *College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Yixuan YaoState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Yingjie WangState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Minglei ZhiState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0609-869X
Jinying ZhangState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Xinze ChenState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Qianqian ZhuState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Jie GaoState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Tianzhi ChenState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2481-6448
Xiaowei ZhangState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Tong WangState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Suying CaoAnimal Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China.
Aijin MaSchool of Food and Health, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China. maaj@btbu.edu.cn.
Xianchao FengCollege of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. fengxianchao1@hotmail.com.
Jianyong HanState Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. hanjy@cau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-9549-3279
China Agricultural University · CNBeijing Technology and Business University · CNBeijing University of Agriculture · CNNorthwest A&F University · CNNorth West Agriculture and Forestry University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31970825, 31772601, 31972099, 32172143
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cultured meat production has emerged as a breakthrough technology for the global food industry with the potential to reduce challenges associated with environmental sustainability, global public health, animal welfare, and competition for food between humans and animals. The muscle stem cell lines currently used for cultured meat cannot be passaged in vitro for extended periods of time. Here, we develop a directional differentiation system of porcine pre-gastrulation epiblast stem cells (pgEpiSCs) with stable cellular features and achieve serum-free myogenic differentiation of the pgEpiSCs. We show that the pgEpiSCs-derived skeletal muscle progenitor cells and skeletal muscle fibers have typical muscle cell characteristics and display skeletal muscle transcriptional features during myogenic differentiation. Importantly, we establish a three-dimensional differentiation system for shaping cultured tissue by screening plant-based edible scaffolds of non-animal origin, followed by the generation of pgEpiSCs-derived cultured meat. These advances provide a technical approach for the development of cultured meat.

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Muscle, SkeletalStem CellsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedHumansMeatMuscle Fibers, SkeletalSwine

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PMID38071210
PMCPMC10710416
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