Endogenous suppression of WNT signalling in human embryonic stem cells leads to low differentiation propensity towards definitive endoderm
D. Dziedzicka, M. Tewary, A. Keller, L. Tilleman, L. Prochazka, J. Östblom, E. Couvreu De Deckersberg, C. Markouli, S. Franck, F. Van Nieuwerburgh, C. Spits, P. W. Zandstra, K. Sermon, M. Geens
The paper shows that endogenous suppression of WNT signaling in hPSCs reduces differentiation efficiency towards definitive endoderm, and that increasing WNT or inhibiting PI3K/AKT can overcome this block.
bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2020Cell Biology