Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

The microRNA cluster C19MC confers differentiation potential into trophoblast lineages upon human pluripotent stem cells

  • Norio Kobayashi,
  • Hiroaki Okae,
  • Hitoshi Hiura,
  • Naoto Kubota,
  • Eri H. Kobayashi,
  • Shun Shibata,
  • Akira Oike,
  • Takeshi Hori,
  • Chie Kikutake,
  • Hirotaka Hamada,
  • Hirokazu Kaji,
  • Mikita Suyama,
  • Marie-Line Bortolin-Cavaillé,
  • Jérôme Cavaillé,
  • Takahiro Arima

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30775-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Little is known about the epigenetic mechanisms of the first cell fate commitment in humans. Here, the authors show that activation of the miRNA cluster C19MC confers differentiation potential into trophoblast lineages on human embryonic stem cells.