!!Austin Smith - Major publications
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1. __Smith AG__, Heath JK, Donaldson DD, Wong GG, Moreau J, Stahl M and
Rogers D (1988) Inhibition of pluripotential embryonic stem cell .
differentiation by purified polypeptides ''Nature'' 336: 688-690
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2. Niwa, H., Burdon, T., Chambers, l. and __Smith, A.G.__ (1998). Self-renewal of
pluripotent embryonic stem cells is mediated via activation of STAT3. ''Genes
and Development'' 12: 2048-2060.
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3. Nichols, J., Zevnik, B., Anastassiadis, K., Niwa, H., Klewe-Nebenius, D.
Chambers, I., Scholer, H. and __Smith, A.G.__ (1998). Formation of pluripotent
stem cells in the mammalian embryo depends on the POU transcription
factor Oct-4. ''Cell'' 95: 379-391.
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4. Ying, Q.-L., Nichols, J., Evans, E.P. and __Smith, A.G.__ (2002). Changing
potency by spontaneous fusion. ''Nature'' 416: 545-548
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5. Chambers, l., Colby, D., Robertson, M., Nichols, J., Lee, S., Tweedie, S.
and __Smith, A.G.__ (2003). Functional expression cloning of Nanog, a
pluripotency sustaining factor in mouse embryonic stem cells. ''Cell'' 113:
643-655
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6. Ying, Q.-L., Nichols, J., Chambers, I., and __Smith, A.G.__ (2003). BMP
induction of Id proteins suppresses differentiation and sustains embryonic
stem cell self-renewal in collaboration with STAT3. ''Cell'' 115: 281-292
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7. Silva, J, Chambers, I, Pollard, S and __Smith, A.G.__ (2006). Nanog promotes
transfer of pluripotency after cell fusion, ''Nature'' 441: 997-1001
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8. Chambers I, Silva J, Colby D, Nichols J, Robertson M, Nijmeijer B, Vrana
J, Grotewold L, __Smith A.G.__ (2007) Nanog safeguards pluripotency and
mediates germline development. ''Nature'' 450;1230—1234
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9. Ying QL, Wray J, Nichols J, Batlle-Morera L, Doble B, Woodgett J, Cohen
P. and __Smith A.__ (2008) The ground state of embryonic stem cell self-
renewal ''Nature'' 453: 519-523
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10.SiIva J, Barrandon O, Nichols J, Kawaguchi J, Theunissen T and __Smith A.__
(2008) Promotion of reprogramming to ground state pluripotency by
chemical inhibition ''PLoS Biology'' 6: e253