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The different states of mouse pluripotency described so far rely on a combination of molecular, phenotypic, and functional analysis. Embryonic Stem cells (ESCs) aggregated in suspension culture are able to form 3D embryo-like structures called gastruloids that mimic features of the gastrulation process. Recent findings indicate that gastruloid formation efficiency decreases as pluripotency progresses from naïve to primed state, and suggest that gastruloids formation may represent a functional assay to discriminate different states of mouse pluripotency.
Here we describe a method to generate gastruloids from Epiblast-like cells (EpiLCs), which are transiently induced from ESCs by Activin A and bFGF and represent an intermediate state from naïve ESCs to primed Epiblast Stem cells.
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Cermola, F., Patriarca, E.J., Minchiotti, G. (2022). Generation of Gastruloids from Epiblast-Like Cells. In: Osteil, P. (eds) Epiblast Stem Cells. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2490. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2281-0_14
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