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ArticleCell proliferation2025

Loss of 18q Alters TGFβ Signalling Affecting Anteroposterior Neuroectodermal Fate in Human Embryonic Stem Cells.

Yingnan Lei, Mai Chi Duong, Nuša Krivec, Charlotte Janssens, Marius Regin, Anfien Huyghebaert, Edouard Couvreu de Deckersberg, Karen Sermon, Diana Al Delbany, Claudia Spits

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Article in Cell proliferation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yingnan LeiVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Health Campus/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Group Genetics, Reproduction and Development, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6067-1238
Mai Chi DuongVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Health Campus/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Group Genetics, Reproduction and Development, Brussels, Belgium.
Nuša KrivecVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Health Campus/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Group Genetics, Reproduction and Development, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1786-6874
Charlotte JanssensVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Health Campus/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Group Genetics, Reproduction and Development, Brussels, Belgium.
Marius ReginVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Health Campus/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Group Genetics, Reproduction and Development, Brussels, Belgium.
Anfien HuyghebaertVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Health Campus/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Group Genetics, Reproduction and Development, Brussels, Belgium.
Edouard Couvreu de DeckersbergVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Health Campus/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Group Genetics, Reproduction and Development, Brussels, Belgium.
Karen SermonVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Health Campus/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Group Genetics, Reproduction and Development, Brussels, Belgium.
Diana Al DelbanyVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Health Campus/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Group Genetics, Reproduction and Development, Brussels, Belgium.
Claudia SpitsVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Health Campus/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Group Genetics, Reproduction and Development, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0187-5138

Funding

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 1509514NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G0713222NVUB Methusalem Funding Grant to Karen Sermon Claudia Spits
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromosomal abnormalities acquired during cell culture can compromise the differentiation potential of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). In this work, we identified a diminished differentiation capacity to retinal progenitor cells in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) with complex karyotypes that had in common the loss of part of chromosome 18q. Time-course gene-expression analysis during spontaneous differentiation and single-cell RNA sequencing found that these variant cell lines poorly specified into anterior neuroectoderm, and, when progressing through differentiation, they yielded poorly pigmented cells, with proliferating and pluripotent cell populations. The variant cell lines showed dysregulation of TGFβ signalling during differentiation, and chemical modulation of the TGFβ pathways showed that the basis of the improper specification was due to imbalances in the anteroposterior neuroectodermal fate commitment.

Indexed as

Human Embryonic Stem CellsNeural PlateSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor betaCell DifferentiationCell LineHumansTransforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID39908990
PMCPMC12584865

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