Gene Review:
NANOG - Nanog homeobox
Homo sapiens
Synonyms:
FLJ12581, FLJ40451, Homeobox protein NANOG, Homeobox transcription factor Nanog, hNanog
- Stem cell pluripotency factor NANOG is expressed in human fetal gonocytes, testicular carcinoma in situ and germ cell tumours. Hoei-Hansen, C.E., Almstrup, K., Nielsen, J.E., Brask Sonne, S., Graem, N., Skakkebaek, N.E., Leffers, H., Rajpert-De Meyts, E. Histopathology (2005)
- Human STELLAR, NANOG, and GDF3 genes are expressed in pluripotent cells and map to chromosome 12p13, a hotspot for teratocarcinoma. Clark, A.T., Rodriguez, R.T., Bodnar, M.S., Abeyta, M.J., Cedars, M.I., Turek, P.J., Firpo, M.T., Reijo Pera, R.A. Stem Cells (2004)
- Human embryonic stem cell genes OCT4, NANOG, STELLAR, and GDF3 are expressed in both seminoma and breast carcinoma. Ezeh, U.I., Turek, P.J., Reijo, R.A., Clark, A.T. Cancer (2005)
- Core transcriptional regulatory circuitry in human embryonic stem cells. Boyer, L.A., Lee, T.I., Cole, M.F., Johnstone, S.E., Levine, S.S., Zucker, J.P., Guenther, M.G., Kumar, R.M., Murray, H.L., Jenner, R.G., Gifford, D.K., Melton, D.A., Jaenisch, R., Young, R.A. Cell (2005)
- Nanog: a new recruit to the embryonic stem cell orchestra. Cavaleri, F., Schöler, H.R. Cell (2003)
- Functional expression cloning of Nanog, a pluripotency sustaining factor in embryonic stem cells. Chambers, I., Colby, D., Robertson, M., Nichols, J., Lee, S., Tweedie, S., Smith, A. Cell (2003)
- Eleven daughters of NANOG. Booth, H.A., Holland, P.W. Genomics (2004)
- The grb2/mek pathway represses nanog in murine embryonic stem cells. Hamazaki, T., Kehoe, S.M., Nakano, T., Terada, N. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2006)
- Repression of nanog gene transcription by tcf3 limits embryonic stem cell self-renewal. Pereira, L., Yi, F., Merrill, B.J. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2006)
- NANOG maintains self-renewal of primate ES cells in the absence of a feeder layer. Yasuda, S.Y., Tsuneyoshi, N., Sumi, T., Hasegawa, K., Tada, T., Nakatsuji, N., Suemori, H. Genes Cells (2006)
- Developmental expression of pluripotency determining factors in caprine embryos: Novel pattern of NANOG protein localization in the nucleolus. He, S., Pant, D., Schiffmacher, A., Bischoff, S., Melican, D., Gavin, W., Keefer, C. Mol. Reprod. Dev. (2006)
- Sequential DNA methylation of the Nanog and Oct-4 upstream regions in human NT2 cells during neuronal differentiation. Deb-Rinker, P., Ly, D., Jezierski, A., Sikorska, M., Walker, P.R. J. Biol. Chem. (2005)
- Derivation and characterization of three new Spanish human embryonic stem cell lines (VAL -3 -4 -5) on human feeder and in serum-free conditions. Valbuena, D., Gal??n, A., S??nchez, E., Poo, M.E., G??mez, E., S??nchez-Luengo, S., Melguizo, D., Garc??a, A., Ruiz, V., Moreno, R., Pellicer, A., Sim??n, C. Reprod. Biomed. Online (2006)
- Sall4 interacts with Nanog and co-occupies Nanog genomic sites in embryonic stem cells. Wu, Q., Chen, X., Zhang, J., Loh, Y.H., Low, T.Y., Zhang, W., Zhang, W., Sze, S.K., Lim, B., Ng, H.H. J. Biol. Chem. (2006)
- Identification and functional characterization of an alternative splice variant within the fourth exon of human nanog. Kim, J.S., Kim, J., Kim, B.S., Chung, H.Y., Lee, Y.Y., Park, C.S., Lee, Y.S., Lee, Y.H., Chung, I.Y. Exp. Mol. Med. (2005)
- A new role for p53 in maintaining genetic stability in embryonic stem cells. Xu, Y. Cell Cycle (2005)
- A gene expression restriction network mediated by sense and antisense Alu sequences located on protein-coding messenger RNAs
WikiGenes . Publication - Down-regulation of stem cell genes, including those in a 200-kb gene cluster at 12p13.31, is associated with in vivo differentiation of human male germ cell tumors. Korkola, J.E., Houldsworth, J., Chadalavada, R.S., Olshen, A.B., Dobrzynski, D., Reuter, V.E., Bosl, G.J., Chaganti, R.S. Cancer Res. (2006)
- Research of cardiomyocyte precursors in adult rat heart. Bellafiore, M., Sivverini, G., Cappello, F., David, S., Palma, A., Farina, F., Zummo, G. Tissue & cell (2006)
- Evolution of the NANOG pseudogene family in the human and chimpanzee genomes. Fairbanks, D.J., Maughan, P.J. BMC Evol. Biol. (2006)
- The stem cell pluripotency factor NANOG activates transcription with two unusually potent subdomains at its C terminus. Pan, G., Pei, D. J. Biol. Chem. (2005)
- Overexpression of NANOG in human ES cells enables feeder-free growth while inducing primitive ectoderm features. Darr, H., Mayshar, Y., Benvenisty, N. Development (2006)
- Towards a non-invasive method for early detection of testicular neoplasia in semen samples by identification of fetal germ cell-specific markers. Hoei-Hansen, C.E., Carlsen, E., Jorgensen, N., Leffers, H., Skakkebaek, N.E., Rajpert-De Meyts, E. Hum. Reprod. (2007)
- The pluripotency homeobox gene NANOG is expressed in human germ cell tumors. Hart, A.H., Hartley, L., Parker, K., Ibrahim, M., Looijenga, L.H., Pauchnik, M., Chow, C.W., Robb, L. Cancer (2005)
- Spatial organization of embryonic stem cell responsiveness to autocrine gp130 ligands reveals an autoregulatory stem cell niche. Davey, R.E., Zandstra, P.W. Stem Cells (2006)