Short Peptide Domains of the Wnt Inhibitor sFRP4 Target Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells by Neutralizing the Wnt β-Catenin Pathway, Disrupting the Interaction Between β-Catenin and CD24 and Suppressing Autophagy
The authors explored the effectiveness of short micropeptides SC-301 and SC-401 on CSC properties, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, apoptosis, and autophagy in ovarian CSCs enriched from PA-1 and SKOV-3 cell lines.
[Nature Communications] Using in vitro stem cell differentiation and loss of function experiments combined with high-throughput genome-wide bisulfite-, bulk-, and single cell RNA-sequencing, researchers dissected the specific role of DNMT3B in cell fate.
[Nature Communications] Using the FUCCI reporter, scientists developed a cell-cycle synchronized hPSC differentiation system for uncovering epigenome and transcriptome dynamics during the first two divisions leading to definitive endoderm.
[Science Advances] Investigators identified an uncharacterized long noncoding RNA NONMMUT028956 (Lnc956) predominantly expressed in mESCs. Lnc956 was accumulated on replication forks to prevent fork collapse and preserve genomic stability and was essential for mouse embryogenesis.