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Enteroendocrine cells (EECs), which secrete serotonin (enterochromaffin cells, EC) or a dominant peptide hormone, serve vital physiologic functions. As with any adult human lineage, the basis for terminal cell diversity remains obscure. We replicated human EEC differentiation , mapped transcriptional and chromatin dynamics that culminate in discrete cell types, and studied abundant EEC precursors expressing selected transcription factors (TFs) and gene programs. Before expressing the pre-terminal factor NEUROD1, non-replicating precursors oscillated between epigenetically similar but transcriptionally distinct and cell states. Loss of either factor substantially accelerated EEC differentiation and disrupted EEC individuality; ASCL1 or NEUROD1 deficiency had opposing consequences on EC and hormone-producing cell features. Expressed late in EEC differentiation, the latter TFs mainly bind -elements that are accessible in undifferentiated stem cells and tailor the subsequent expression of TF combinations that specify EEC types. Thus, TF oscillations retard EEC maturation to enable accurate EEC diversification.
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