Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18676971›Full record

ReviewMolecular human reproduction2008

Modelling germ cell development in vitro.

Andrew J Childs, Philippa T K Saunders, Richard A Anderson

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Review in Molecular human reproduction, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. DNA methylation in spermatogenesis and male infertility.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2016
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  8. Germ cell sex determination in mammals.Molecular human reproduction · 2009
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew J ChildsMRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK. a.childs@hrsu.mrc.ac.uk
Philippa T K Saunders
Richard A Anderson
University of Edinburgh · GBMRC Centre for Reproductive Health · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U127661055Medical Research Council MC_U127684439Medical Research Council MC_U127685844Medical Research Council U.1276.00.002.00001.01Medical Research Council U.1276.00.002(61055)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Germ cells have a critical role in mediating the generation of genetic diversity and transmitting this information across generations. Furthermore, gametogenesis is unique as a developmental process in that it generates highly-specialized haploid gametes from diploid precursor stem cells through meiosis. Despite the importance of this process, progress in elucidating the molecular mechanisms underpinning mammalian germ cell development has been retarded by the lack of an efficient and reproducible system of in vitro culture for the expansion and trans-meiotic differentiation of germline cells. The dearth of such a culture system has rendered the study of germ cell biology refractory to the application of new high-throughput technologies such as RNA interference, leaving in vivo gene-targeting approaches as the only option to determine the function of genes believed to be involved in gametogenesis. Recent reports detailing the derivation of gametes in vitro from stem cells may provide the first steps in developing new tools to solve this problem. This review considers the developments made in modelling germ cell development using stem cells, and some of the challenges that need to be overcome to make this a useful tool for studying gametogenesis and to realize any future clinical application.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Culture TechniquesGametogenesisGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGerm CellsHumansOctamer Transcription Factor-3Pluripotent Stem CellsOctamer Transcription Factor-3

Identifiers

PMID18676971
PMCPMC2547093
OpenAlexW2164793314

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