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ReviewCellular reprogramming2015

Transdifferentiation of Fibroblasts by Defined Factors.

Zhiliang Zhao, Mengyao Xu, Meng Wu, Xiaocheng Tian, Cuiping Zhang, Xiaobing Fu

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Review in Cellular reprogramming, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zhiliang Zhao1 Would Healing and Cell Biology Laboratory, Institute of Basic Medical Science, General Hospital of PLA , Beijing 10853, PR China .
Mengyao Xu3 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region , Shenyang 110000, PR China .
Meng Wu4 Department of Plastic Surgery, General Hospital of PLA , Beijing 100853, PR China .
Xiaocheng Tian2 Department of Plastic Surgery, General Hospital of The Second Artillery Corps , Beijing 100088, PR China .
Cuiping Zhang5 Key Laboratory of Wound Repair and Regeneration of PLA, The First Affiliated Hospital, General Hospital of PLA , Beijing 100048, PR China .
Xiaobing Fu5 Key Laboratory of Wound Repair and Regeneration of PLA, The First Affiliated Hospital, General Hospital of PLA , Beijing 100048, PR China .
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Chinese PLA General Hospital · CNGeneral Hospital of Shenyang Military Region · CNSecond Artillery General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular differentiation is usually considered to be an irreversible process during development due to robust lineage commitment. Feedback and feed-forward loops play a significant role in maintaining lineage-specific gene expression processes in various cell types, and, in turn, factors secreted by cells may regulate the homeostatic balance of these cycles during development and differentiation. The output of biological responses is controlled by such mechanisms in many regulatory pathways through gene networks involved in transcription, RNA metabolism, signal transduction, micromolecular synthesis, and degradation. The pluripotent stage during cellular conversion may be avoided through ectopic expression of lineage-specific factors. Lineage-specific transcription factors produced during development may strengthen cell type-specific gene expression patterns. Cellular phenotypes are further stabilized by epigenetic modifications. This reprogramming approach could have important implications for disease modeling and regenerative and personalized medicine.

Indexed as

Cell TransdifferentiationAnimalsFibroblastsGene Expression RegulationHumansSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID26053515
PMCPMC4487681
OpenAlexW2172387179

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