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ReviewBioscience reports2014

Drosophila neuroblasts as a new model for the study of stem cell self-renewal and tumour formation.

Song Li, Hongyan Wang, Casper Groth

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Review in Bioscience reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  4. Epigenetic Regulation in Drosophila Tumor Models.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
    Review
  5. DNA repair in tumor radioresistance: insights from fruit flies genetics.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2024
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Fzr/Cdh1 Promotes the Differentiation of Neural Stem Cell Lineages inFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020
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  10. Genetics · 2019
    Review
  11. Article
  12. Mechanics and regulation of cytokinesis in budding yeast.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2017
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Song Li
Hongyan Wang
Casper Groth*Neuroscience & Behavioral Disorders Programme, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School Singapore, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857, Singapore.
National University of Singapore · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drosophila larval brain stem cells (neuroblasts) have emerged as an important model for the study of stem cell asymmetric division and the mechanisms underlying the transformation of neural stem cells into tumour-forming cancer stem cells. Each Drosophila neuroblast divides asymmetrically to produce a larger daughter cell that retains neuroblast identity, and a smaller daughter cell that is committed to undergo differentiation. Neuroblast self-renewal and differentiation are tightly controlled by a set of intrinsic factors that regulate ACD (asymmetric cell division). Any disruption of these two processes may deleteriously affect the delicate balance between neuroblast self-renewal and progenitor cell fate specification and differentiation, causing neuroblast overgrowth and ultimately lead to tumour formation in the fly. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms underlying Drosophila neural stem cell self-renewal and differentiation. Furthermore, we highlight emerging evidence in support of the notion that defects in ACD in mammalian systems, which may play significant roles in the series of pathogenic events leading to the development of brain cancers.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainBrain NeoplasmsCarcinogenesisCell DifferentiationDrosophilaHumansLarvaNeural Stem Cells

Identifiers

PMID24965943
PMCPMC4114065
OpenAlexW2016915177

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