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ArticleStem cell reports2022

Rostrocaudal patterning and neural crest differentiation of human pre-neural spinal cord progenitors in vitro.

Fay Cooper, George E Gentsch, Richard Mitter, Camille Bouissou, Lyn E Healy, Ana Hernandez Rodriguez, James C Smith, Andreia S Bernardo

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Fay CooperDevelopmental Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK. Electronic address: f.cooper@sheffield.ac.uk.
George E GentschDevelopmental Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Richard MitterBioinformatics & Biostatistics Core Facility, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Camille BouissouDevelopmental Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Lyn E HealyHuman Embryo and Stem Cell Unit, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Ana Hernandez RodriguezDevelopmental Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
James C SmithDevelopmental Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Andreia S BernardoDevelopmental Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BX, UK.
The Francis Crick Institute · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/12/37/29516Cancer Research UK FC001-157Medical Research Council FC001-157Medical Research Council U117597140Wellcome Trust 210987/Z/18/ZWellcome Trust FC001-157Wellcome Trust FC001157
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spinal cord emerges from a niche of neuromesodermal progenitors (NMPs) formed and maintained by WNT/fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signals at the posterior end of the embryo. NMPs can be generated from human pluripotent stem cells and hold promise for spinal cord replacement therapies. However, NMPs are transient, which compromises production of the full range of rostrocaudal spinal cord identities in vitro. Here we report the generation of NMP-derived pre-neural progenitors (PNPs) with stem cell-like self-renewal capacity. PNPs maintain pre-spinal cord identity for 7-10 passages, dividing to self-renew and to make neural crest progenitors, while gradually adopting a more posterior identity by activating colinear HOX gene expression. The HOX clock can be halted through GDF11-mediated signal inhibition to produce a PNP and NC population with a thoracic identity that can be maintained for up to 30 passages.

Indexed as

Neural CrestPluripotent Stem CellsBody PatterningBone Morphogenetic ProteinsCell DifferentiationFibroblast Growth FactorsGrowth Differentiation FactorsHumansSpinal CordBone Morphogenetic ProteinsFibroblast Growth FactorsGDF11 protein, humanGrowth Differentiation FactorsHOX geneshuman pluripotent stem cellsmotor neuronsneural crestneuromesodermal progenitorsNMPpre-neural progenitorsspinal cord

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PMID35334218
PMCPMC9023813
OpenAlexW4220919070

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