2018
The Molecular Signature of Megakaryocyte-Erythroid Progenitors Reveals a Role for the Cell Cycle in Fate Specification
Lu YC, Sanada C, Xavier-Ferrucio J, Wang L, Zhang PX, Grimes HL, Venkatasubramanian M, Chetal K, Aronow B, Salomonis N, Krause DS. The Molecular Signature of Megakaryocyte-Erythroid Progenitors Reveals a Role for the Cell Cycle in Fate Specification. Cell Reports 2018, 25: 2083-2093.e4. PMID: 30463007, PMCID: PMC6336197, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.10.084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCell CycleCell LineageGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksHEK293 CellsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMegakaryocyte-Erythroid Progenitor CellsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycReproducibility of ResultsSignal TransductionTranscription, GeneticTumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsMegakaryocytic-erythroid progenitorsCommon myeloid progenitorsTranscription factorsCell cycleSingle-cell RNA sequencingRegulatory transcription factorsMegakaryocyte-erythroid progenitorsCell cycle regulatorsCell cycle activationFate specificationLineage specificationE lineageMalignant disease statesGenetic manipulationRNA sequencingE progenitorsErythroid maturationCycle regulatorsDifferential expressionHuman cellsHealthy human cellsCycle activationMegakaryocyte progenitorsMolecular signaturesMyeloid progenitors
2014
Nonstochastic Reprogramming from a Privileged Somatic Cell State
Guo S, Zi X, Schulz VP, Cheng J, Zhong M, Koochaki SH, Megyola CM, Pan X, Heydari K, Weissman SM, Gallagher PG, Krause DS, Fan R, Lu J. Nonstochastic Reprogramming from a Privileged Somatic Cell State. Cell 2014, 156: 649-662. PMID: 24486105, PMCID: PMC4318260, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.01.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic cell stateCell statesAcquisition of pluripotencyMurine hematopoietic progenitorsEndogenous Oct4Cell cycle accelerationNonstochastic mannerSomatic cellsProgeny cellsPluripotent fateYamanaka factorsCell cycleHematopoietic progenitorsP53 knockdownPluripotencyReprogrammingCycling populationFactor expressionCellsFibroblastsImportant bottleneckKnockdownProgenitorsFateExpression
2013
Very small embryonic‐like cells: Biology and function of these potential endogenous pluripotent stem cells in adult tissues
Kassmer SH, Krause DS. Very small embryonic‐like cells: Biology and function of these potential endogenous pluripotent stem cells in adult tissues. Molecular Reproduction And Development 2013, 80: 677-690. PMID: 23440892, PMCID: PMC3740022, DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryonic-like cellsSmall embryonic-like cellsAdult tissuesCell typesPrimordial germ cellsGerm layer lineagesMarkers of pluripotentSingle-cell levelPluripotent stem cellsCell cycle inhibitory genesSimilar cell typesMurine bone marrowPluripotency genesMurine VSELsNon-hematopoietic cellsCell cycleGerm cellsInhibitory genesStress conditionsStem cellsDifferent phenotypesGenesRegenerative medicineVSELsCells