ESC & iPSC News Volume 15.27 | Jul 22 2020

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    Transition to Naïve Human Pluripotency Mirrors Pan-Cancer DNA Hypermethylation

    The authors showed that resetting from primed to naïve human pluripotency resulted in acquisition of a DNA methylation landscape mirroring the cancer DNA methylome, with gradual hypermethylation of bivalent developmental genes.
    [Nature Communications]

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    β-Catenin Safeguards the Ground State of Mouse Pluripotency by Strengthening the Robustness of the Transcriptional Apparatus

    Researchers showed that β-catenin, stabilized by GSK3 inhibition in medium with 2i, supplied transcriptional coregulators at pluripotency loci. This selectively strengthened pluripotency loci and rendered them addicted to transcription initiation for productive gene body elongation in detriment to promoter-proximal paused RNA polymerase II pause release.
    [Science Advances]

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    Pluripotent Stem Cells with Low Differentiation Potential Contain Incompletely Reprogrammed DNA Replication

    Scientists analyzed whether defects in DNA replication contributed to genomic instability and the diverse differentiation potentials of reprogrammed pluripotent stem cells.
    [Journal of Cell Biology]

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    Enrichment Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells into Sinoatrial Node-Like Cells by Combined Modulation of BMP, FGF, and RA Signaling Pathways

    Researchers investigated whether combined modulation of BMP, FGF, and RA signaling pathways could enrich the differentiation of sinoatrial node-like cells from human pluripotent stem cells.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    Radiation Response of Murine Embryonic Stem Cells

    To understand the mechanisms of disturbed differentiation and development by radiation, murine CGR8 embryonic stem cells were exposed to ionizing radiation and differentiated by forming embryoid bodies.
    [Cells]

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    Distinct and Stage-Specific Contributions of TET1 and TET2 to Stepwise Cytosine Oxidation in the Transition from Naive to Primed Pluripotency

    Scientists generated combinations of Tet knockout embryonic stem cells and systematically measured protein and DNA modification levels at the transition from naive to primed pluripotency.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    RT-qPCR Analyses on the Osteogenic Differentiation from Human iPS Cells: An Investigation of Reference Genes

    Investigators identified the reference genes best suited for experiments that induce osteogenic differentiation from human induced pluripotent stem cells.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Rapamycin Promotes Cardiomyocyte Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in a Stage-Dependent Manner

    How rapamycin affects cardiomyocyte differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells is still not fully understood. The authors investigated the effect of rapamycin on cardiomyocyte differentiation based on the embryoid body method.
    [Stem Cells and Development]

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    Printed Elastic Membranes for Multimodal Pacing and Recording of Human Stem-Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes

    Researchers demonstrated interfacing of cardiomyocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, which were engineered to express Channelrhodopsin-2.
    [npj Flexible Electronics]

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    SOX2 and p53 Expression Control Converges in PI3K/AKT Signaling with Versatile Implications for Stemness and Cancer

    The authors summarize the latest advances in the understanding of PI3K/AKT/SOX2-driven stemness and its intertwined relations to p53-signaling in DNA damage response under conditions of pluripotency, reprogramming, and transformation.
    [International Journal of Molecular Sciences]

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    Heart Regeneration Using Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Scientists summarize the updated knowledge, perspectives, and limitations of pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes for heart regeneration.
    [Journal of Cardiology]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Notch Therapeutics Appoints David Main as President and Chief Executive Officer to Advance the Company’s Novel Gene-Edited, iPSC-Derived Immune Cell Therapeutics

    Notch Therapeutics Inc. announced the appointment of David Main as President and Chief Executive Officer.
    [Notch Therapeutics Inc.]

    Press Release

    Science Money Slashed in EU’s €1.8-Trillion Budget Deal

    A historic €1.8-trillion (US$2.1-trillion) budget deal reached by European Union (EU) leaders to fund its next seven years — and its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic — has left scientists and research advocates disappointed.
    [Nature News]

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