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Dmitry Lokshtanov

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1

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Midgestation metabolic constraint in purine metabolism drives distinct strategies for placenta and fetal growth

Weizhi Xu, Nancy De La Cruz, Andrea Woods, Dmitry Lokshtanov, Shihong Max Gao, Nawal A. Khan, Sylvia Wright, Maria E. Florian Rodriguez, Donald D. McIntire, Elaine L. Duryea, David B. Nelson, Catherine Y. Spong, Christina L. Herrera, Jacob H. Hanna, Sanjay R Srivatsan, , Ashley Solmonson

The paper shows that midgestational metabolic constraints in purine metabolism drive distinct strategies for placenta and fetal growth in mice and humans.

bioRxiv · Mar 18, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Reconstituting Mouse Embryogenesis Ex Utero from Gastrulation to Fetal Development Reveals Maternally Independent Metabolic Programs

Dmitry Lokshtanov, Shihong Max Gao, Weizhi Xu, Avraham Kosman, Francesco Roncato, Nancy De La Cruz, Nawal A. Khan, Andrea Woods, Ian J. Campbell, Andrew Woehler, Christina P. Christoforou, Lang Ding, Amy Hu, Monique Copeland, Lihua Wang, , Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon

This paper uses ex utero culture to study mouse embryogenesis from gastrulation to fetal development, revealing metabolically independent programs and environmental influences on metabolic transitions.

bioRxiv · Mar 18, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Transgene-Free Ex Utero Derivation of A Human Post-Implantation Embryo Model Solely from Genetically Unmodified Naive PSCs

Bernardo Oldak, Emilie Wildschutz, Vladyslav Bondarenko, Mehmet-Yunus Comar, Cheng Zhao, Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon, Shadi Tarazi, Sergey V. Viukov, Thi Xuan Ai Pham, Shahd Ashouokhi, Dmitry Lokshtanov, Francesco Roncato, E. Feldstein Ariel, Max Rose, Nir Livnat, , Jacob H. Hanna

This paper develops a transgene-free human post-implantation embryo model from genetically unmodified naive PSCs, recapitulating key developmental stages and extra-embryonic tissues.

Nature · Sep 6, 2023Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology