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ArticleCell death discovery

NRG1 and KITL Signal Downstream of Retinoic Acid in the Germline to Support Soma-Free Syncytial Growth of Differentiating Spermatogonia.

Karen M Chapman, Gerardo A Medrano, Jaideep Chaudhary, F Kent Hamra

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Article in Cell death discovery. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. In vitro models of the male reproductive system: applications for developmental and reproductive toxicology.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025
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  4. Rattus norvegicus Spermatogenesis Colony-Forming Assays.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karen M ChapmanDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6001 Forest Park Road, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Gerardo A MedranoDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6001 Forest Park Road, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Jaideep ChaudharyDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6001 Forest Park Road, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
F Kent HamraDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6001 Forest Park Road, Dallas, TX 75390, USA ; Cecil H. & Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6001 Forest Park Road, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Sperm Stem Cell Libraries for Biological ResearchR24OD011108 · OD · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HAMRA, F. KENT · 2012 to 2014
$1.7M
Molecular Mechanisms of Spermatogonial DevelopmentR01HD053889 · NICHD · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HAMRA, F. KENT · 2009 to 2013
$1.6M
Biology of the ErbB Gene Family in Spermatogonial DevelopmentR01HD061575 · NICHD · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HAMRA, F. KENT · 2009 to 2010
$765k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD053889NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD061575NIH HHS R24 OD011108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defined culture systems supporting spermatogonial differentiation will provide experimental platforms to study spermatogenesis. However, germline-intrinsic signaling mechanisms sufficient to support spermatogonial differentiation without somatic cells remain largely undefined. Here, we analyzed EGF superfamily receptor and ligand diversity in rat testis cells, and delineated germline-intrinsic signaling

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differentiating spermatogoniagametogenesisgermlinein vitro spermatogenesisprogenitor cellsspermatogenesisspermatogonial stem cells

Identifiers

PMID26500786
PMCPMC4613782
OpenAlexW2417300865

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