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ArticleNature communications2025

1q gain bypasses the selective barrier against aneuploidy in RPE differentiation via wild-type co-culture rescue.

Edouard Couvreu de Deckersberg, Yingnan Lei, Nuša Krivec, Anfien Huyghebaert, Mai Chi Duong, Charlotte Janssens, Marius Regin, Olga Tsuiko, Kiavash Movahedi, Stefaan Verhulst and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Edouard Couvreu de Deckersberg *Research Group Reproduction, Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Yingnan Lei *Research Group Reproduction, Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Nuša KrivecResearch Group Reproduction, Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Anfien HuyghebaertResearch Group Reproduction, Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Mai Chi DuongResearch Group Reproduction, Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0004-2928-7225
Charlotte JanssensResearch Group Reproduction, Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9250-852X
Marius ReginResearch Group Reproduction, Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7053-7354
Olga TsuikoReproductive Genetics Unit, Centre of Human Genetics, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Kiavash MovahediBrain and Systems Immunology Lab, Brussels Center for Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0826-4399
Stefaan VerhulstLiver Cell Biology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6566-6071
Leo A van GrunsvenLiver Cell Biology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0990-7034
Karen SermonResearch Group Reproduction, Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Diana Al DelbanyResearch Group Reproduction, Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Claudia SpitsResearch Group Reproduction, Genetics and Development, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. claudia.spits@vub.be.ORCID 0000-0002-0187-5138

Funding

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek VlaanderenFWOMethusalem
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC) are increasingly used in clinical trials, with retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) being among the most transplanted cell types. However, hPSC frequently acquire chromosomal abnormalities, whose impact on differentiation and transplant safety is incompletely understood. In this work, we investigate how aneuploidy influences the progression of hPSC through undirected RPE differentiation. Large-scale omics analysis of genetically normal hPSC cultures reveals pervasive low-grade mosaicism, with 3-6% of cells carrying different aneuploidies. During undirected differentiation, all aneuploid cells are lost except those with a gain of chromosome arm 1q. These cells differentiate efficiently only when co-cultured with wild-type cells, which promote neural differentiation through paracrine signals that 1q-gain cells are uniquely receptive to. This interaction enables 1q-gain cells not only to persist but to eventually dominate the culture, owing to their competitive advantage.

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AneuploidyCell DifferentiationPluripotent Stem CellsRetinal Pigment EpitheliumCoculture TechniquesHumansMosaicism

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PMID41290721
PMCPMC12749988

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