Gene expression profilling of NEUROG2-mCherry lineage in cerebral organoids

To identify and purify NEUROG2-expressing cells and trace their short-term lineage, we engineered two NEUROG2-mCherry knock-in human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines. Transcriptomic profiling of NEUROG2:mCherry knock-in hESC-derived cerebral organoids revealed an enrichment of neurogenic, oligodendrocyte precursor cell and extracellular matrix-associated gene transcripts in mCherry-high cells. Conversely, only neurogenic gene transcripts were enriched in mCherry-high cells from Neurog2:mCherry knock-in mouse cortices. We engineered two NEUROG2-mCherry knock-in human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines and and compared Transcriptomic profiling of NEUROG2:mCherry positive and negative cells in hESC-derived cerebral organoids