Human axial progenitors generate trunk neural crest cells
Item Type: | Preprint |
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Title: | Human axial progenitors generate trunk neural crest cells |
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Creators Name: | Frith, T.J.R. and Granata, I. and Stout, E. and Wind, M. and Thompson, O. and Neumann, K. and Stavish, D. and Heath, P.R. and Hackland, J.O.S. and Anastassiadis, K. and Gouti, M. and Briscoe, J. and Wilson, V. and Guarracino, M.R. and Andrews, P.W. and Tsakiridis, A. |
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Abstract: | The neural crest (NC) is a multipotent embryonic cell population generating distinct cell types in an axial position-dependent manner. The production of NC cells from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) is a valuable approach to study human NC biology. However, the origin of human trunk NC remains undefined and therefore current in vitro differentiation strategies induce only a modest yield of trunk NC cells. Here we show that hPSC-derived axial progenitors, the posteriorly-located drivers of embryonic axis elongation, give rise to trunk NC cells and their derivatives. Moreover, we define the molecular signatures associated with the emergence of human NC cells of distinct axial identities in vitro. Collectively, our findings indicate that there are two routes toward a human post-cranial NC state: the birth of cardiac and vagal NC is facilitated by retinoic acid-induced posteriorisation of an anterior precursor whereas trunk NC arises within a pool of posterior axial progenitors |
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Source: | bioRxiv |
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Publisher: | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press |
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Article Number: | 272591 |
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Date: | 27 February 2018 |
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Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1101/272591 |
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