Pluripotency without Proliferation.

Shu, Xiaodong; Pei, Duanqing · Cell · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) are capable of unlimited proliferation without losing pluripotency. Scognamiglio et al. now reveal that Myc depletion shifts mESCs into a dormant state reminiscent of embryonic diapause in which pluripotency remains fully preserved, thus decoupling pluripotency from proliferative programs.

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