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. 2022 Aug 25;610(7930):143–153. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05246-3

Fig. 5. ETiX embryoids develop a gut pocket and primordial germ cells.

Fig. 5

a,b, Sagittal sections of natural embryos at E8.5 (a) and day 8 ETiX embryoids (b) showing SOX2, SOX17 and GATA4. Scale bars, 100 μm. n = 3 ETiX8 from 3 experiments, n = 2 natural embryos. fg, foregut; hg, hindgut. c, Dot plot showing levels and proportion of cells expressing indicated genes in selected tissues of natural embryos and ETiX embryoids by inDrops scRNA-seq. d, UMAP of tiny-sci-RNA-seq dataset showing VE, gut and early development cell types. e, Day 6 ETiX embryoid (top) and natural E7.5 embryo (bottom) showing STELLA, NANOG and SOX2, highlighting the presence of committed PGCs (n = 9 ETiX6 from 2 experiments, n = 4 embryos). Outlined regions are magnified on the right. f, Quantification of PGCs during ETiX embryoid development (n = 9 ETiX6, 4 E7.5, 2 ETiX7, 4 E8.0, 4 ETiX8 and 3 E8.5). PGCs were scored for STELLA, NANOG and SOX2 expression. Violin plots show median and quartiles. Two-sided Mann–Whitney U-test, P = 0.3375 for ETiX6/E7.5 total STELLA-positive cells, P = 0.3042 for ETiX6/E7.5 triple-positive cells, P = 0.2277 for ETiX8/E8.5 total STELLA-positive cells, and P = 0.2536 for ETiX8/E8.5 triple-positive cells.

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