Reply: An update on endometrial stem cells and progenitors by Deepa Bhartiya.

C E Gargett, J A Deane, K E Schwab

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Article in Human reproduction update, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

4citing papers in PubMed

–field-weighted citation impact

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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

Pain pathways and stem cells in endometriosis pathogenesis.Molecular biology reports · 2025
Review
Very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) regenerate whereas mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) rejuvenate diseased reproductive tissues.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2022
Article
Endometrial stem/progenitor cells and their roles in immunity, clinical application, and endometriosis.Stem cell research & therapy · 2021
Review
Very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) in adult mouse uterine perimetrium and myometrium.Journal of ovarian research · 2017
Article

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

Comment on
An update on endometrial stem cells and progenitors.2016
Comment on
Endometrial stem/progenitor cells: the first 10 years.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

C E GargettThe Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright Street, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia caroline.gargett@hudson.org.au.

J A DeaneThe Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright Street, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.

K E SchwabThe Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright Street, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

EndometriumStem CellsCell DifferentiationFemaleHumans

Identifiers

PMID27016290

DOI10.1093/humupd/dmw011

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