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  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Renee A. Reijo Pera is affiliated with California Polytechnic State University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics of their work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Nuclear Receptors and Signaling, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Sperm and Testicular Function, Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Renee A. Reijo Pera include:

  • Roles of Spermatogonial Stem Cells in Spermatogenesis and Fertility Restoration, 2022, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Tet enzymes are essential for early embryogenesis and completion of embryonic genome activation, 2021, EMBO Reports
  • Parkinson's Disease: Overview of Transcription Factor Regulation, Genetics, and Cellular and Animal Models, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Reprogramming of DNA methylation is linked to successful human preimplantation development, 2021, Histochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Transcriptional control of human gametogenesis, 2022, Human Reproduction Update

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Renee A. Reijo Pera include:

  • Fang Fang
  • Ninuo Xia
  • Lei Diao
  • Deborah E. Cabin
  • Cameron McNamee

Their work is commonly published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Endocrinology, EMBO Reports, and Histochemistry and Cell Biology.

In 2014, Renee A. Reijo Pera was recognized as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Best Publications

  • Downregulation of miRNA-200c Links Breast Cancer Stem Cells with Normal Stem Cells

    Yohei Shimono;Maider Zabala;Robert W. Cho;Neethan Lobo

  • Characterization of human embryonic stem cell lines by the International Stem Cell Initiative

    Oluseun Adewumi;Behrouz Aflatoonian;Lars Ahrlund-Richter;Michal Amit

  • Non-invasive imaging of human embryos before embryonic genome activation predicts development to the blastocyst stage

    Connie C Wong;Kevin E Loewke;Nancy L Bossert;Barry Behr

  • LRRK2 Mutant iPSC-Derived DA Neurons Demonstrate Increased Susceptibility to Oxidative Stress

    Ha Nam Nguyen;Blake Byers;Branden Cord;Aleksandr Shcheglovitov

  • Spontaneous differentiation of germ cells from human embryonic stem cells in vitro

    Amander T. Clark;Megan S. Bodnar;Mark Fox;Ryan T. Rodriquez

  • Intrinsic retroviral reactivation in human preimplantation embryos and pluripotent cells

    Edward J. Grow;Ryan A. Flynn;Shawn L. Chavez;Nicholas L. Bayless

  • Human DAZL, DAZ and BOULE genes modulate primordial germ-cell and haploid gamete formation

    Kehkooi Kee;Vanessa T Angeles;Martha Díaz Flores;Ha Nam Nguyen

  • An antibody against SSEA-5 glycan on human pluripotent stem cells enables removal of teratoma-forming cells

    Chad Tang;Andrew S. Lee;Jens Peter Volkmer;Jens Peter Volkmer;Debashis Sahoo

  • Human pre-implantation embryo development

    Kathy K. Niakan;Jinnuo Han;Roger A. Pedersen;Carlos Simon

  • Activation of Innate Immunity Is Required for Efficient Nuclear Reprogramming

    Jieun Lee;Nazish Sayed;Arwen Hunter;Kin Fai Au

  • Unique gene expression signatures of independently-derived human embryonic stem cell lines

    Michael J. Abeyta;Amander T. Clark;Ryan T. Rodriguez;Megan S. Bodnar

  • Generation and in vitro differentiation of a spermatogonial cell line.

    Li Xin Feng;Yali Chen;Luis Dettin;Renee A. Reijo Pera

  • Dynamic blastomere behaviour reflects human embryo ploidy by the four-cell stage

    Shawn L. Chavez;Kevin E. Loewke;Jinnuo Han;Farshid Moussavi

  • A gene family required for human germ cell development evolved from an ancient meiotic gene conserved in metazoans.

    Eugene Yujun Xu;Frederick L. Moore;Renee A. Reijo Pera

  • SNCA triplication Parkinson's patient's iPSC-derived DA neurons accumulate α-synuclein and are susceptible to oxidative stress.

    Blake Byers;Branden Cord;Ha Nam Nguyen;Birgitt Schüle

  • The unique transcriptome through day 3 of human preimplantation development

    Anthony T. Dobson;Rajiv Raja;Michael J. Abeyta;Theresa Taylor

  • Human STELLAR, NANOG, and GDF3 genes are expressed in pluripotent cells and map to chromosome 12p13, a hotspot for teratocarcinoma.

    Amander T. Clark;Ryan T. Rodriguez;Megan S. Bodnar;Michael J. Abeyta

  • Human Pumilio-2 is expressed in embryonic stem cells and germ cells and interacts with DAZ (Deleted in AZoospermia) and DAZ-Like proteins

    Frederick L. Moore;Jadwiga Jaruzelska;Jadwiga Jaruzelska;Mark S. Fox;Jun Urano

  • Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Induce Germ Cell Differentiation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells

    Kehkooi Kee;Joanna M. Gonsalves;Amander T. Clark;Renee A. Reijo Pera

  • Human germ cell differentiation from fetal- and adult-derived induced pluripotent stem cells

    Sarita Panula;Sarita Panula;Jose V. Medrano;Kehkooi Kee;Rosita Bergström

Frequent Co-Authors

Amander T. Clark
Amander T. Clark University of California, Los Angeles
Carlos Simón
Carlos Simón University of Valencia
Barbara Sternfeld
Barbara Sternfeld Kaiser Permanente
Wing Hung Wong
Wing Hung Wong Stanford University
Kyle E. Orwig
Kyle E. Orwig University of Pittsburgh
J. William Langston
J. William Langston Stanford University
John P. Cooke
John P. Cooke Houston Methodist
Joseph C. Wu
Joseph C. Wu Stanford University
Theo D. Palmer
Theo D. Palmer Stanford University
Outi Hovatta
Outi Hovatta Karolinska Institute

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