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ReviewCurrent opinion in cell biology2010

Germline stem cells: stems of the next generation.

Hebao Yuan, Yukiko M Yamashita

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Review in Current opinion in cell biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Niche-dependent modular regulation of the stem cell transcriptome separates cell identity and potential.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  3. The Regulation of Germline Sex Determination in Drosophila by Sex lethal.Sexual development : genetics, molecular biology, evolution, endocrinology, embryology, and pathology of sex determination and differentiation · 2022
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  9. Epigenetic regulation of germ cells-remember or forget?Current opinion in genetics & development · 2015
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hebao YuanLife Sciences Institute, Center for Stem Cell Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA.
Yukiko M Yamashita
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Physiological regulation and function of asymmetric stem cell divisionR01GM086481 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI YAMASHITA, YUKIKO · 2009 to 2013
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086481NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM086481-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Germline stem cells (GSCs) sustain gametogenesis during the life of organisms. Recent progress has substantially extended our understanding of GSC behavior, including the mechanisms of stem cell self-renewal, asymmetric stem cell division, stem cell niches, dedifferentiation, and tissue aging. GSCs typically are highly proliferative, owing to organismal requirement to produce large number of differentiated cells. While many somatic stem cells are multipotent, with multiple differentiation pathways, GSCs are unipotent. For these relatively simple characteristics (e.g. constant proliferation and unipotency), GSCs have served as ideal model systems for the study of adult stem cell behavior, leading to many important discoveries. Here, we summarize recent progress in GSC biology, with an emphasis on evolutionarily conserved mechanisms.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsCell DedifferentiationCell DifferentiationGerm CellsSignal TransductionStem Cell NicheStem Cells

Identifiers

PMID20817500
PMCPMC2993778
OpenAlexW2116579908

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Registered trials

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