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ReviewTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM2011

Environmental and epigenetic effects upon preimplantation embryo metabolism and development.

Rebecca J Chason, John Csokmay, James H Segars, Alan H DeCherney, D Randall Armant

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Review in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rebecca J ChasonProgram in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
John Csokmay
James H Segars
Alan H DeCherney
D Randall Armant
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · USNational Institutes of Health · USWalter Reed Army Institute of Research · US

Funding

Reproductive Endocrinology And Infertility Clinical Training ProgramZIEHD008737 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI HILL, MICAH · 2011 to 2025
$24.0M
Defects in Mitochondria Impacting Primate Oocyte QualityR01HD045966 · NICHD · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ARMANT, DAVID RANDALL · 2005 to 2010
$1.6M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vitro fertilization has provided a unique window into the metabolic processes that drive embryonic growth and development from a fertilized ovum to a competent blastocyst. Post-fertilization development is dependent upon a dramatic reshuffling of the parental genomes during meiosis, as well as epigenetic changes that provide a new and autonomous set of instructions to guide cellular differentiation both in the embryo and beyond. Although early literature focused simply on the substrates and culture conditions required for progress through embryonic development, more recent insights lead us to suggest that the surrounding environment can alter the epigenome, which can, in turn, impact upon embryonic metabolism and developmental competence.

Indexed as

EnvironmentAnimalsBlastocystCell DifferentiationCryopreservationEmbryo Culture TechniquesEmbryonic DevelopmentEmbryo TransferEpigenesis, GeneticHumansReproductive Techniques, Assisted

Identifiers

PMID21741268
PMCPMC3183171
OpenAlexW2094678230

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