The balance between pluripotency and differentiation is critical during development and regeneration. miR-203 is a microRNA previously involved in differentiation of different tissues as well as in tumor suppression in multiple malignancies. We show here that miR-203 is able to promote differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells without decreasing pluripotency. We have observed that transient expression of miR-203 significantly improves the efficiency of ES/iPS cells in the generation of chimeras and tetraploid complementation assays, in addition to inducing complex embryo-like structures when these pluripotent cells are injected in mice. In the present RNA seq, we intend to demonstrate that transient over-expression of miR-203 make pluripotent cells (IPSCs) more similar to ES cells, also in terms of their transcriptomic profile. SOURCE: Maria Salazar (msalazar@cnio.es) - Cell Division and Cancer Group CNIO

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GSE81130: Analysis of miR-203 transient over-expression on stemness potential of pluripotent cells