Gene expression profiles of human embryonic stem cells, fibroblasts, and fibroblast-derived induced pluripotent stem cells Total RNA was extracted from human ESCs, fibroblast, and fibroblast-derived iPSC lines, then hybridized to Affymetrix arrays Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array [Affy_HG...
Histone variant H2A.Z occupies the promoters of active and poised, bivalent genes in ESCs to regulate developmental programs, yet how it contributes to these contrasting states is poorly understood. Here, we investigate the function of H2A.Z.1 mono-ubiquitylation (H2A.Z.1ub) by mutation of the PRC1 ...
Histone variant H2A.Z occupies the promoters of active and poised, bivalent genes in ESCs to regulate developmental programs, yet how it contributes to these contrasting states is poorly understood. Here, we investigate the function of H2A.Z.1 mono-ubiquitylation (H2A.Z.1ub) by mutation of the PRC1 ...
Differences of metabolism-related gene expression profiles in human ESCs and ESC-derived purified cardiomyocytes were analyzed and successfully identified. Human ESCs and ESC-derived purified cardiomyocytes were used for this experiment.
The presence of two active X chromosomes (XaXa) is a hallmark of the ground state of pluripotency specific to murine embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Human ESCs invariably exhibit signs of X chromosome inactivation (XCI) and are considered developmentally more advanced than their murine counterparts. W...
Human and mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are derived from blastocyst stage embryos but have very different biological properties, and molecular analyses suggest that the pluripotent state of human ESCs isolated so far corresponds to that of mouse derived epiblast stem cells (EpiSCs). Here we rewi...
In pluripotent mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs), SetDB1, which targets up to twenty thousand genomic loci, plays an essential role in regulating various cellular processes, including maintenance of the embryonic stem cell state, differentiation and metabolism. SetDB1 is best known as a chromatin mo...
Evolution of the mammalian sex chromosomes has resulted in a heterologous X and Y pair, where the Y chromosome has lost most of its genes. Hence, there is a need for X-linked gene dosage compensation between XY males and XX females. In placental mammals, this is achieved by random inactivation of on...
