Dynamic intercellular transport modulates the spatial patterning of differentiation during early neural commitment

How heterogeneities arise in stem cell populations remains unclear. Here, Glen et al. find that in ESC colonies cell cycle asynchronies modulate gap junctions, causing variation in intracellular signalling molecule diffusion between cells, and ultimately in spatial heterogeneity in differentiation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chad M. Glen, Todd C. McDevitt, Melissa L. Kemp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06693-1