Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Amnion signals are essential for mesoderm formation in primates

  • Ran Yang,
  • Alexander Goedel,
  • Yu Kang,
  • Chenyang Si,
  • Chu Chu,
  • Yi Zheng,
  • Zhenzhen Chen,
  • Peter J. Gruber,
  • Yao Xiao,
  • Chikai Zhou,
  • Nevin Witman,
  • Elif Eroglu,
  • Chuen-Yan Leung,
  • Yongchang Chen,
  • Jianping Fu,
  • Weizhi Ji,
  • Fredrik Lanner,
  • Yuyu Niu,
  • Kenneth R. Chien

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25186-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Human and murine embryonic development has disparities, highlighting the need for primate systems. Here, the authors construct a post-implantation transcriptional atlas from non-human primate embryos and show ISL1 controls a gene regulatory network in the amnion required for mesoderm formation.