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. 2023 Sep 14;14:5690. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41302-w

Fig. 8. Pluripotency factor NANOG is continuously expressed throughout hPSC-to-PGCLC differentiation.

Fig. 8

a (i) Current models for pluripotency factor expression; (ii) Pseudotemporal analysis of single-cell RNA-seq trajectories indicates continuous expression of NANOG and OCT4. b Flow cytometry analysis of H9 NANOG-YFP hESCs shows homogeneous YFP expression at D0, D0.5, and D1.5, with a separate YFP-high PGCLC population distinguishable at D2.5 and D3.5. n = 2 biological replicates. Source data are provided as a Source Data file. c Immunostaining of endogenous NANOG, OCT4, and SOX17 protein expression in H9 hESCs from D0 to D3.5 of PGCLC differentiation. Scale bar = 100 μm. Representative images from three independent experiments. d Live imaging analysis of H9 NANOG-YFP hESCs differentiating to PGCLCs at the indicated timepoints Scale bar = 100 μm. Representative images from three independent experiments. e Quantification of PGCLC differentiation efficiencies after NANOG siRNA knockdown at different timepoints during differentiation. Data are presented as mean values ± SEM. n = 4 biological replicates/group for all timepoints except for d3.5 where n = 2 biological replicates. Statistical test: two-way ANOVA with Šídák multiple test correction. Adjusted P values are shown above error bars. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.