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ReviewDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2025

Emerging roles for the nucleolus in development and stem cells.

Bryony J Leeke, Imke Staffhorst, Michelle Percharde

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Review in Development (Cambridge, England), 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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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Nucleoskeletal Proteins in Early Embryogenesis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bryony J LeekeMRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, London W12 0HS, UK.
Imke StaffhorstMRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, London W12 0HS, UK.
Michelle PerchardeMRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, London W12 0HS, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7928-4955

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_EX_MR/X022560/1Medical Research Council MC_UP_1605/4
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nucleolus is a membrane-less subnuclear compartment known for its role in ribosome biogenesis. However, emerging evidence suggests that nucleolar function extends beyond ribosome production and is particularly important during mammalian development. Nucleoli are dynamically reprogrammed post-fertilisation: totipotent early mouse embryos display non-canonical, immature nucleolar precursor bodies, and their remodelling to mature nucleoli is essential for the totipotency-to-pluripotency transition. Mounting evidence also links nucleolar disruption to various pathologies, including embryonic lethality in mouse mutants for nucleolar factors, human developmental disorders and observations of nucleolar changes in disease states. As well as its role in ribogenesis, new findings point to the nucleolus as an essential regulator of genome organisation and heterochromatin formation. This Review summarises the varied roles of nucleoli in development, primarily in mammals, highlighting the importance of nucleolar chromatin for genome regulation, and introduces new techniques for exploring nucleolar function.

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Cell NucleolusEmbryonic DevelopmentStem CellsAnimalsChromatinHeterochromatinHumansMiceRibosomesChromatinHeterochromatinDevelopmentESCsHeterochromatinNADsNuclear architectureNucleoli

Identifiers

PMID40366093
PMCPMC12091869

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