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ReviewThe FEBS journal2025

Epigenetic control of cell identities from epiblast to gastrulation.

Katrin M Schüle, Simone Probst

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Review in The FEBS journal, 2025. 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

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. From genes to germ layers: virtual twins of gastruloids.NPJ systems biology and applications · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Katrin M SchüleFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Freiburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6642-0030
Simone ProbstFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Freiburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0220-5400

Funding

CIBSS Lauchnchpad Program fellowship of Germany's Excellence StrategyCRC 992 MEDEP-FellowshipEquip Program for Medical Scientists, Faculty of Medicine, University Freiburg
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic modifications of chromatin are essential for the establishment of cell identities during embryogenesis. Between embryonic days 3.5-7.5 of murine development, major cell lineage decisions are made that discriminate extraembryonic and embryonic tissues, and the embryonic primary germ layers are formed, thereby laying down the basic body plan. In this review, we cover the contribution of dynamic chromatin modifications by DNA methylation, changes of chromatin accessibility, and histone modifications, that in combination with transcription factors control gene expression programs of different cell types. We highlight the differences in regulation of enhancer and promoter marks and discuss their requirement in cell lineage specification. Importantly, in many cases, lineage-specific targeting of epigenetic modifiers is carried out by pioneer or master transcription factors, that in sum mediate the chromatin landscape and thereby control the transcription of cell-type-specific gene programs and thus, cell identities.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticGastrulationGerm LayersAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageChromatinDNA MethylationEmbryonic DevelopmentGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHistonesHumansMiceChromatinHistonesDNA methylationembryonic stem cellsepigeneticsgastrulationgerm layershistone modificationsmouse embryonucleosome remodelingtranscription factors

Identifiers

PMID39985220
PMCPMC12525014

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