ESC & iPSC News Volume 17.02 | Jan 19 2022

    0
    77







    2022-01-19 | ESC 17.02


    ESC & iPSC News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 17.02 – 19 January, 2022
    TOP STORY

    Transcriptional Programs Regulating Neuronal Differentiation Are Disrupted in DLG2 Knockout Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Enriched for Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Risk Variants

    Scientists integrated human genetics with transcriptomic data from differentiation of human ESCs into cortical excitatory neurons.
    [Nature Communications]

    Full Article

    Are Your Pluripotent Stem Cells What You Think They Are? Explore Now.
    PUBLICATIONSRanked by the impact factor of the journal

    Spatial Environment Affects HNF4A Mutation-Specific Proteome Signatures and Cellular Morphology in hiPSC-Derived β-Like Cells

    Researchers studied maturity-onset diabetes of the young 1 using human iPSC-derived pancreatic β-like patient and isogenic control cell lines in two different 3D contexts.
    [Diabetes]

    Abstract

    ZFP207 Sustains Pluripotency by Coordinating OCT4 Stability, Alternative Splicing and RNA Export

    The authors employed multiple functional analyses to characterize the role of Zinc Finger Protein 207 (ZFP207) in mouse ESCs.
    [EMBO Reports]

    Full ArticleGraphical Abstract

    Recapitulating Human Cardio-Pulmonary Co-Development Using Simultaneous Multilineage Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Scientists reported a novel stepwise strategy for directing the simultaneous induction of both mesoderm-derived cardiac and endoderm-derived lung epithelial lineages within a single differentiation of human iPSCs via temporal specific tuning of WNT and nodal signaling in the absence of exogenous growth factors.
    [eLife]

    Abstract

    Differential Repression of Otx2 Underlies the Capacity of NANOG and ESRRB to Induce Germline Entry

    Investigators showed that NANOG mediated Otx2 downregulation in the absence of cytokines and that this was essential for primordial germ cell-like cells induction by NANOG.
    [Stem Cell Reports]

    Full Article

    PAX6-Positive Microglia Evolve Locally in hiPSC-Derived Ocular Organoids

    Researchers studied human iPSCs that had been expanded into a self-formed ectodermal autonomous multi-zone of cells that partially mimicked human eye development.
    [Stem Cell Reports]

    Full Article

    Establishment of a Developmental Toxicity Assay Based on Human iPSC Reporter to Detect Fibroblast Growth Factor Signal Disruption

    Scientists proposed a reporter assay that utilized human iPSCs to detect changes in fibroblast growth factor signaling, which was essential for limb morphogenesis.
    [iScience]

    AbstractFull ArticleGraphical Abstract

    Human Airway Lineages Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells Reveal the Epithelial Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Infection

    Investigators presented a human iPSC-derived airway epithelial platform, composed of the major airway epithelial cell types, that was permissive to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
    [American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology]

    AbstractFull Article

    Single-Cell Transcriptomics of Human iPSC Differentiation Dynamics Reveal a Core Molecular Network of Parkinson’s Disease

    The authors investigated Parkinson’s disease (PD)’s mechanism using dopaminergic neurons differentiated from human iPSCs carrying the ILE368ASN mutation within the PINK1 gene, which is strongly associated with PD.
    [Communications Biology]

    Full Article

    Genome-Wide CRISPR Screen Identifies Puf60 as a Novel Stemness Gene of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

    To study the mechanisms in ESC self-renewal, screening and identification of key genes maintaining ESC self-renewal were performed by a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 knockout virus library.
    [Stem Cells and Development]

    Abstract

    Integrated Fibroblast Growth Factor Signal Disruptions in Human iPS Cells for Prediction of Teratogenic Toxicity of Chemicals

    Investigators developed a reporter assay using human iPSCs to detect changes in the fibroblast growth factor signaling pathway, a pathway essential for limb morphogenesis.
    [Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering]

    Abstract

    Scientific resources to support your organoids research. Learn More!
    REVIEWS

    Stem Cells at Odds with Telomere Maintenance and Protection

    The authors discuss insights into telomere protection in ESCs versus somatic cells and summarize findings on telomerase regulation as a function of pluripotency.
    [Trends in Cell Biology]

    Abstract

    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Japan University Uses iPS Cells to Treat Spinal Cord Injury for First Time

    Keio University in Tokyo said it has started the world’s first clinical test using iPSCs to treat patients with spinal cord injuries.
    [Kyodo News]

    Press Release

    FEATURED EVENT

    Cell Therapy Analytics Symposium

    2 March, 2022
    Online

    > See All Events

    JOB OPPORTUNITIES

    Postdoctoral Fellowships – Extracellular Vesicles, Microglia and Alzheimer’s disease

    Mayo Clinic Florida Campus – Jacksonville, Florida, United States

    Senior Researcher – Biology

    UK Research and Innovation – Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Postdoctoral Fellow – iPSC Models of Neurodegenerative Disease

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – Baltimore, Maryland, United States

    Research Scientist – iPSC Technology and Regenerative Medicine

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles, California, United States

    Junior Group Leaders – Quantitative Biology and Medical Genomics

    Center for Genomic Regulation – Barcelona, Spain

    > See All Jobs

    Submit an article, publication, job or event
    Brought to you by
    stemcell-logo-for newsletter-2
    ESC & iPSC News Twitter