The first cell-fate decision of mouse preimplantation embryo development: integrating cell position and polarity

Position- and Hippo signaling-dependent plasticity during lineage segregation in the early mouse embryo

(2017) Eszter Posfai et al.   eLife

Mouse blastomeres acquire ability to divide asymmetrically before compaction

(2017) Monika Humięcka et al.   PLoS One

Long-Lived Binding of Sox2 to DNA Predicts Cell Fate in the Four-Cell Mouse Embryo

(2016) Melanie D. White et al.   CELL

Heterogeneity in Oct4 and Sox2 Targets Biases Cell Fate in 4-Cell Mouse Embryos

(2016) Mubeen Goolam et al.   CELL

Asymmetric division of contractile domains couples cell positioning and fate specification

(2016) Jean-Léon Maître et al.   NATURE

Rho-associated protein kinase regulates subcellular localisation of Angiomotin and Hippo-signalling during preimplantation mouse embryo development

(2016) Aleksandar I. Mihajlović et al.   REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE

Transcription factor AP-2  induces early Cdx2 expression and represses HIPPO signaling to specify the trophectoderm lineage

(2015) Z. Cao et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Par-aPKC-dependent and -independent mechanisms cooperatively control cell polarity, Hippo signaling, and cell positioning in 16-cell stage mouse embryos

(2015) Yoshikazu Hirate et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Cortical Tension Allocates the First Inner Cells of the Mammalian Embryo

(2015) Chaminda R. Samarage et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The first two cell-fate decisions of preimplantation mouse embryo development are not functionally independent

(2015) Aleksandar I. Mihajlović et al.   Scientific Reports

Initiation of Hippo signaling is linked to polarity rather than to cell position in the pre-implantation mouse embryo

(2014) Shihadeh Anani et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Limited predictive value of blastomere angle of division in trophectoderm and inner cell mass specification

(2014) T. Watanabe et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Inhibition of RHO–ROCK signaling enhances ICM and suppresses TE characteristics through activation of Hippo signaling in the mouse blastocyst

(2014) Kanako Kono et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The basal position of nuclei is one pre-requisite for asymmetric cell divisions in the early mouse embryo

(2014) Anna Ajduk et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

HIPPO Pathway Members Restrict SOX2 to the Inner Cell Mass Where It Promotes ICM Fates in the Mouse Blastocyst

(2014) Eryn Wicklow et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Hippo Pathway Member Nf2 Is Required for Inner Cell Mass Specification

(2013) Katie Cockburn et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Polarity-Dependent Distribution of Angiomotin Localizes Hippo Signaling in Preimplantation Embryos

(2013) Yoshikazu Hirate et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Atypical PKC, regulated by Rho GTPases and Mek/Erk, phosphorylates Ezrin during eight-cell embryocompaction

(2013) Hongjie Liu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Allocation of inner cells to epiblast vs primitive endoderm in the mouse embryo is biased but not determined by the round of asymmetric divisions (8→16- and 16→32-cells)

(2013) Magdalena Krupa et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Temporal reduction of LATS kinases in the early preimplantation embryo prevents ICM lineage differentiation

(2013) C. Lorthongpanich et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Cadherin-dependent filopodia control preimplantation embryo compaction

(2013) Juan Carlos Fierro-González et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Angiomotin prevents pluripotent lineage differentiation in mouse embryos via Hippo pathway-dependent and -independent mechanisms

(2013) Chuen Yan Leung et al.   Nature Communications

The differential response to Fgf signalling in cells internalized at different times influences lineage segregation in preimplantation mouse embryos

(2013) S. A. Morris et al.   Open Biology

Developmental Bias in Cleavage-Stage Mouse Blastomeres

(2012) Inna Tabansky et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Transcription factor AP-2  is a core regulator of tight junction biogenesis and cavity formation during mouse early embryogenesis

(2012) I. Choi et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Nuclear localization of Prickle2 is required to establish cell polarity during early mouse embryogenesis

(2012) Hirotaka Tao et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Developmental Plasticity Is Bound by Pluripotency and the Fgf and Wnt Signaling Pathways

(2012) Samantha A. Morris et al.   Cell Reports

Oct4 kinetics predict cell lineage patterning in the early mammalian embryo

(2011) Nicolas Plachta et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Cell Polarity Regulator PARD6B Is Essential for Trophectoderm Formation in the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo1

(2010) Vernadeth B. Alarcon   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Disorganized epithelial polarity and excess trophectoderm cell fate in preimplantation embryos lacking E-cadherin

(2010) R. O. Stephenson et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Individual blastomeres of 16- and 32-cell mouse embryos are able to develop into foetuses and mice

(2010) Andrzej K. Tarkowski et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Resolution of Cell Fate Decisions Revealed by Single-Cell Gene Expression Analysis from Zygote to Blastocyst

(2010) Guoji Guo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The NF2 Tumor Suppressor, Merlin, Regulates Epidermal Development through the Establishment of a Junctional Polarity Complex

(2010) Andrew B. Gladden et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Origin and formation of the first two distinct cell types of the inner cell mass in the mouse embryo

(2010) S. A. Morris et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

From Mouse Egg to Mouse Embryo: Polarities, Axes, and Tissues

(2009) Martin H. Johnson   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Active cell movements coupled to positional induction are involved in lineage segregation in the mouse blastocyst

(2009) Sigolène M. Meilhac et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The Hippo Signaling Pathway Components Lats and Yap Pattern Tead4 Activity to Distinguish Mouse Trophectoderm from Inner Cell Mass

(2009) Noriyuki Nishioka et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Inactivation of aPKCλ Reveals a Context Dependent Allocation of Cell Lineages in Preimplantation Mouse Embryos

(2009) Nicolas Dard et al.   PLoS One

Orientation of Mitotic Spindles during the 8- to 16-Cell Stage Transition in Mouse Embryos

(2009) Nicolas Dard et al.   PLoS One

Distinct sequential cell behaviours direct primitive endoderm formation in the mouse blastocyst

(2008) B. Plusa et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Blastomeres of the mouse embryo lose totipotency after the fifth cleavage division: Expression of Cdx2 and Oct4 and developmental potential of inner and outer blastomeres of 16- and 32-cell embryos

(2008) Aneta Suwińska et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Tight junction protein ZO-2 expression and relative function of ZO-1 and ZO-2 during mouse blastocyst formation

(2008) Bhavwanti Sheth et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Role of Cdx2 and cell polarity in cell allocation and specification of trophectoderm and inner cell mass in the mouse embryo

(2008) A. Jedrusik et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Organelle positioning and cell polarity

(2008) Michel Bornens   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Cdx2 acts downstream of cell polarization to cell-autonomously promote trophectoderm fate in the early mouse embryo

(2007) Amy Ralston et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Tead4 is required for specification of trophectoderm in pre-implantation mouse embryos

(2007) Noriyuki Nishioka et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

Cell cycle regulation during early mouse embryogenesis

(2007) Jérôme Artus et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY