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ArticleNature communications2025

Targeted CRISPR-Cas9 screening identifies core transcription factors controlling murine haemato-endothelial fate commitment.

Michael Teske, Tobias Wertheimer, Stefan Butz, Pascale Zwicky, Izaskun Mallona, Svenja L Nopper, Christian Münz, Ulrich Elling, Christophe Lancrin, Burkhard Becher and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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13 authors.

Michael TeskeInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6998-2036
Tobias WertheimerInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Stefan ButzDepartment of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Pascale ZwickyInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Izaskun MallonaDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2853-7526
Svenja L NopperInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Christian MünzInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ulrich EllingInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Science (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4514-2809
Christophe LancrinEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL Rome - Epigenetics and Neurobiology Unit, Monterotondo, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0028-7374
Burkhard BecherInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1541-7867
Ana Rita GrossoUCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Life Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6974-4209
Tuncay BaubecDepartment of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8474-6587
Nina SchmolkaInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. nina.schmolka@uzh.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4460-8195

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 186012Universität Zürich (University of Zurich) FAN
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During development, blood generation begins in the yolk sac with the differentiation of haemato-endothelial mesoderm forming haematopoietic progenitors. This study aims to identify the crucial molecular regulators of haemato-endothelial mesoderm formation and to extend our knowledge of the process in an unbiased way. We employ a murine embryonic stem cell model that recapitulates embryonic blood development, and perform targeted CRISPR-Cas9 knock out screens focusing on transcription factors and chromatin regulators. We identify the transcription factors ETV2, LDB1, SMAD1, SIX4 and ZBTB7b as regulators of haemato-endothelial mesoderm commitment. Embryonic stem cells lacking these regulators give rise to mesodermal subsets with a defined lineage differentiation bias, while transcriptome analysis of these cells uncovers the precise impact of each factor on gene expression in the developing mesoderm. Our study reveals molecular pathways governing mesodermal development crucial to allow endothelial and haematopoietic lineage specification and paves the way for future advances in haematopoietic stem cell applications.

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsEndothelial CellsHematopoietic Stem CellsTranscription FactorsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHematopoiesisMesodermMiceMouse Embryonic Stem CellsTranscription Factors

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PMCPMC12738756

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