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ArticleeLife2026

Single-cell transcriptomics-informed induced pluripotent stem cells differentiation to tenogenic lineage.

Angela Papalamprou, Victoria Yu, Wensen Jiang, Julia Sheyn, Tina Stefanovic, Angel Chen, Chloe Castaneda, Melissa Chavez, Dmitriy Sheyn

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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 2 papers.

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Authors and funding

9 authors.

Angela PapalamprouOrthopaedic Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0496-2501
Victoria YuOrthopaedic Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States.
Wensen JiangOrthopaedic Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States.
Julia SheynOrthopaedic Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States.
Tina StefanovicOrthopaedic Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States.
Angel ChenOrthopaedic Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States.
Chloe CastanedaOrthopaedic Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States.
Melissa ChavezOrthopaedic Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States.
Dmitriy SheynOrthopaedic Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3333-1485

Funding

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine DISC0-14350California Institute for Regenerative Medicine EDUC4-12751Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute NIH/NIAMS K01AR071512
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During vertebrate embryogenesis, axial tendons develop from the paraxial mesoderm and differentiate through specific developmental stages to reach the syndetome stage. While the main roles of signaling pathways in the earlier stages of differentiation have been well established, pathway nuances in syndetome specification from the sclerotome stage have yet to be explored. Here, stepwise differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells to the syndetome stage is shown, using chemically defined media and small molecules that were modified based on single-cell RNA-sequencing and pathway analysis. A significant population of branching off-target cells differentiating toward a neural phenotype overexpressing Wnt was identified. Further transcriptomics post-addition of a WNT inhibitor at the somite stage and onwards revealed not only total removal of the neural off-target cells, but also increased syndetome induction efficiency. Fine-tuning tendon differentiation in vitro is essential to address the current challenges in developing a successful cell-based tendon therapy.

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Cell DifferentiationInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsTendonsTranscriptomeCell LineageHumansSingle-Cell AnalysisSingle-Cell Gene Expression Analysisdevelopmental biologydifferentiationhumaniPSCsyndetometendonWNT

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PMID42165310
PMCPMC13193713

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