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A complete model of mouse embryogenesis through organogenesis enabled by chemically induced embryo founder cells
Embryo models offer opportunities for understanding development and advancing medicine but rely on intricate procedures with limitations in efficiency and developmental fidelity. Here, we employ a small-molecule-only approach to induce mouse embryonic stem cells into 8- to 16-cell-like embryo founder cells, enabling the generation of a complete embryo model. These founder cells specify all blastocyst lineages, both embryonic and extraembryonic, in vivo and in vitro. The embryo model made only from embryo founder cells faithfully recapitulates development through organogenesis. During gastrulation, it forms a primitive streak via epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, generates the three germ layers, and develops an ectoplacental cone. The model proceeds to form 6–14 somite pairs, fore-/mid-/hindbrain, a looping heart tube, optic buds, allantois, tail bud, migrating primordial germ cells, and well-defined gut. Altogether, our system using embryo founder cells enables a direct, rapid, efficient, and accurate in vitro model of embryogenesis.
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Cells is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that focuses on cell biology, molecular biology, and biophysics. It is affiliated with several societies, including the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM), Nordic Autophagy Society (NAS), Spanish Society of Hematology and Hemotherapy (SEHH), and Society for Regenerative Medicine (Russian Federation) (RPO).
The journal publishes research findings of significant importance in various areas of experimental biology, such as cell biology, molecular biology, neuroscience, immunology, virology, microbiology, cancer, human genetics, systems biology, signaling, and disease mechanisms and therapeutics. The primary criterion for considering papers is whether the results contribute to significant conceptual advances or raise thought-provoking questions and hypotheses related to interesting and important biological inquiries.
In addition to primary research articles presented in four formats, Cells also features review and opinion articles in its "leading edge" section, discussing recent research advancements and topics of interest to its wide readership.