GATA2/3-TFAP2A/C transcription factor network couples human pluripotent stem cell differentiation to trophectoderm with repression of pluripotency

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 45, 2017, Pages E9579-E9588

  Krendl, Christian ^a   Shaposhnikov, Dmitry ^a   Rishko, Valentyna ^a   Ori, Chaido ^a   Ziegenhain, Christoph ^b   Sass, Steffen ^a   Simon, Lukas ^a   Müller, Nikola S ^a   Straub, Tobias ^b   Brooks, Kelsey E ^c   Chavez, Shawn L ^c   Enard, Wolfgang ^b   Theis, Fabian J ^a,d   Drukker, Micha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMP4; Differentiation; hESC; Trophectoderm; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; MATERNAL AGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHESUS MONKEY; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GATA2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; PLACENTA; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2; TRANSCRIPTOME; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 85033451046     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708341114     Document Type: Article

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