Abstract Background Inflammatory dysregulation of mechanosensitive stem cell genes may be central to atherogenesis. Purpose In the present animal model, we utilized colchicine-based regimens curtail development thoracic and abdominal aortic atheromatosis. We also explored effect anti-inflammatory therapy on atheroprotective (Klotho, HOXA5, NOTCH1, OCT4) proatherogenic (HIF1a, SOX2, BMP4, NANOG)...

mordial germ cells (PGCs) in mice and axolotls, we propose that the deletion of Nanog in species often employed as experimental models, such as frogs and teleosts (Zebrafish; Danio rerio), has been compensated by the evolution of predetermined germ cells in these organisms. Our data highlights Nanog as a major component of the gene regulatory network that governs early development in the major ...

mordial germ cells (PGCs) in mice and axolotls, we propose that the deletion of Nanog in species often employed as experimental models, such as frogs and teleosts (Zebrafish; Danio rerio), has been compensated by the evolution of predetermined germ cells in these organisms. Our data highlights Nanog as a major component of the gene regulatory network that governs early development in the major ...

BAF chromatin remodeling complexes containing the BRG1 protein have been shown to be not only essential for early embryonic development, but also paramount in enhancing the efficiency of reprogramming somatic cells to pluripotency mediated by four transcription factors. To investigate the role of BRG1 in regulating pluripotency, we found that Oct4 and Nanog levels were increased immediately aft...

Cancer stem cells (CSC) are responsible for cancer chemoresistance and metastasis formation. Here we report that Δ133p53β, a TP53 splice variant, enhanced cancer cell stemness in MCF-7 breast cancer cells, while its depletion reduced it. Δ133p53β stimulated the expression of the key pluripotency factors SOX2, OCT3/4, and NANOG. Similarly, in highly metastatic breast cancer cells, aggressiveness...

Functional telomeres are critical for stem cell proliferation; however, whether they are equally important for the stability of stem cell differentiation is not known. We found that mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) with critically short telomeres (Tert(-/-) ESCs) initiated normal differentiation after leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) withdrawal but, unlike control ESCs, failed to maintain stab...

The sophisticated process of reprogramming of adult stem cells to embryonic-like stem cells, known as cellular reprogramming, involves the risk of generation of tumorigenic cells due to the complexity involved. Oct4 protein is the inevitable element for inducing pluripotency along with Sox2 and Nanog proteins. In this study, the set of genes interacting with Oct4, Sox2 and Nanog were analyzed a...

Identifying novel players of the pluripotency gene regulatory network centered on Oct4, Sox2, and Nanog as well as delineating the interactions within the complex network is key to understanding self-renewal and early cell fate commitment of embryonic stem cells (ESC). While overexpression of the transcriptional regulator Cited2 sustains ESC pluripotency, its role in ESC functions remains uncle...