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ArticleeLife2026

SETDB1 enables development beyond cleavage stages by extinguishing the MERVL-driven two-cell totipotency transcriptional program in the mouse embryo.

Tie-Bo Zeng, Zhen Fu, Mary F Majewski, Ji Liao, Marie Adams, Piroska E Szabó

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Article in eLife, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Exit from totipotency in mammals: an epigenetic perspective.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tie-Bo Zeng *Department of Epigenetics, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8999-2952
Zhen Fu *Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8120-590X
Mary F MajewskiGenomics Core, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, United States.
Ji LiaoDepartment of Epigenetics, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, United States.
Marie AdamsGenomics Core, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7909-2339
Piroska E SzabóDepartment of Epigenetics, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9314-7009

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loss of maternal SETDB1, a histone H3K9 methyltransferase, leads to developmental arrest prior to implantation, with very few mouse embryos advancing beyond the eight-cell stage, which is currently unexplained. We genetically investigate SETDB1's role in the epigenetic control of the transition from totipotency to pluripotency-a process demanding precise timing and forward directionality. Through single-embryo total RNA sequencing of two-cell and eight-cell embryos, we find that

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Embryo, MammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentEndogenous RetrovirusesGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseTotipotent Stem CellsTranscription, GeneticAnimalsEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleMiceHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseSETDB1 protein, mousegeneticsgenomicsmaternal effectMERVLmousepreimplantationSETDB1single embryo total RNAseqtotipotency

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PMID41697236
PMCPMC12908936

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