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. 2018 Oct 5;11:58. doi: 10.1186/s13072-018-0228-7

Table 1.

Phenotypes resulting from the depletion of TETs in ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm lineages

Lineage System TET isoform Phenotype References
Ectoderm Human ESCs TET1/2/3 triple knockout Form fewer PAX6+ neuroectoderm cells [14]
Neuron stem cells Tet1 or Tet2 knockdown Reduce proliferation of neuron stem cells [90]
Cortex Tet2 or Tet3 knockdown Abnormal accumulation of cell clusters along the radial axis in the intermediate zone and ventricular zone [34]
Cerebellar granule cells Tet1/3 double knockdown Impair dendritic arborization of cerebellar granule cells [77]
Mouse ESCs Tet3 knockout Apoptosis of neuron progenitor cells and reduce terminal differentiated neurons [24]
Neurons Tet1 knockout Increase hippocampal long-term depression and impair memory extinction [75]
Neurons Tet1 overexpression Promote neurogenesis [91]
Retinal neurons Tet2/3 double knockout Defects in retinal cells terminal differentiation [92]
Cortical neurons Tet2 knockdown Reduce neuronal cells survival [93]
Head Tet1 mutation Defects in neural tube closure [94]
Eye and neural Tet3 knockdown Eye malformations and small head [6]
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells Tet1, Tet2, or Tet3 knockdown Reduce mature oligodendrocytes [95]
Olfactory sensory neurons Tet3 overexpression Disturb axon targeting and olfactory receptor expression [47]
Dental pulp cells TET1 knockdown Prevent the proliferation and differentiation of dental pulp cells [96]
Mesoderm Hematopoietic stem cells Tet2 knockout Enhance self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells, expansion of myeloid progenitors [97]
Bone marrow cells Tet2 knockdown Enhance self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells, expansion of myeloid progenitors [31]
Hematopoietic stem cells Tet2/3 double knockout Loss of hematopoietic stem cell-derived blood cells [98]
Human ESCs TET2 knockdown Impair hematopoietic cell differentiation [27]
T cells Tet2/3 double knockout Form more iNKT cell in the young mice, and skew major population to NKT17 cells [74]
Regulatory T cells Tet2/3 double knockout Less regulatory T cells in the spleen and lymph nodes [86]
Regulatory T cells Tet1/2 double knockout Less regulatory T cells in the spleen and lymph nodes [83]
T cells Tet2 knockout Impair Th1 and Th17 cells differentiation and cytokine genes induction [38]
T cell Tet2 knockout Promote memory CD8+ T cells differentiation after viral infection [99]
B cells Tet2/3 double knockout Block progenitor B cells differentiation and maturation [7, 61]
Mast cells Tet2 knockout Impair mast cell differentiation, cytokine production, and proliferation [85]
Erythroid cells TET2 or TET3 knockdown Delay differentiation of erythroid progenitors and regulate terminal differentiation [84]
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells Tet1/2 double knockout Increase self-renewal of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and reduce osteogenic differentiation [53]
Smooth muscle cell TET2 overexpression Convert fibroblasts to smooth muscle cells [51]
Skeletal muscle myoblasts Tet2 knockdown Impair myoblast differentiation [88]
Cardiomyocyte Tet2 knockdown Downregulate genes related to cardiac muscle contraction and cardiac muscle fiber development [10]
Endoderm Intestinal stem cell Tet1 knockout Form shorter intestine [25]
T84 colon adenocarcinoma cells Tet1 knockdown Dysregulate genes related to cell membrane and extracellular space [100]