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ArticleCell reports2016

Emergence of a Wave of Wnt Signaling that Regulates Lung Alveologenesis by Controlling Epithelial Self-Renewal and Differentiation.

David B Frank, Tien Peng, Jarod A Zepp, Melinda Snitow, Tiffaney L Vincent, Ian J Penkala, Zheng Cui, Michael J Herriges, Michael P Morley, Su Zhou and 2 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 195 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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195citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

195 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 292 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

David B FrankDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Tien PengDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA.
Jarod A ZeppDepartment of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Melinda SnitowDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Tiffaney L VincentDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Ian J PenkalaPenn Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Zheng CuiDepartment of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Michael J HerrigesDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Penn Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Michael P MorleyPenn Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Su ZhouPenn Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Min Min LuPenn Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Edward E MorriseyDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Penn Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: emorrise@mail.med.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · USPenn Center for AIDS Research · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007170 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BRASS, LAWRENCE F · 1985 to 2022
$54.0M
Training in Molecular Therapeutics for Pediatric CardiologyT32HL007915 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Robert J Levy, JOSEPH W ROSSANO · 1999 to 2026
$13.4M
Training Program in Cardiovascular Biology and MedicineT32HL007843 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI THOMAS P. CAPPOLA, Sharlene M Day · 1996 to 2026
$11.0M
Editing Alveolar Progenitor Cells for Correction of Monogenic DiseaseU01HL134745 · NHLBI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI KOTTON, DARRELL N., MORRISEY, EDWARD E · 2016 to 2022
$8.3M
Expansion of cardiac and hematopoietic progenitors by Wnt and NotchU01HL100405 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EPSTEIN, JONATHAN A., MORRISEY, EDWARD E · 2009 to 2015
$8.1M
Pediatric Scholars ProgramK12HD043245 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI ST. GEME, JOSEPH W. · 2003 to 2022
$7.4M
Wnt signaling in the alveolar nicheR01HL087825 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MORRISEY, EDWARD E · 2008 to 2021
$6.4M
Molecular pathways controlling alveolar epithelial remodeling in development and regenerationR01HL132999 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MORRISEY, EDWARD E · 2016 to 2023
$4.6M
Epigenic Regulation of Lung Progenitor Repair and RegenerationU01HL110942 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MORRISEY, EDWARD E · 2012 to 2016
$3.4M
Defining the resident mesenchymal stem cell niche and function in vivoDP2AG056034 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI PENG, TIEN · 2016 to 2016
$2.4M
Developmental pathways regulating adult lung quiescenceR01HL132349 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MORRISEY, EDWARD E · 2016 to 2019
$2.3M
The roles of Hedgehog signaling in pulmonary vascular development and remodelingK08HL121146 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PENG, TIEN · 2014 to 2018
$774k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL121146NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL087825NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132349NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132999NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007843NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007915NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL100405NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL110942NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL134745NIA NIH HHS DP2 AG056034NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD043245
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alveologenesis is the culmination of lung development and involves the correct temporal and spatial signals to generate the delicate gas exchange interface required for respiration. Using a Wnt-signaling reporter system, we demonstrate the emergence of a Wnt-responsive alveolar epithelial cell sublineage, which arises during alveologenesis, called the axin2+ alveolar type 2 cell, or AT2

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationCell Self RenewalOrganogenesisWnt Signaling PathwayAnimalsAxin ProteinCell LineageCell ProliferationClone CellsEpithelial CellsEpitheliumGenes, ReporterIntegrasesLungMiceModels, BiologicalAxin2 protein, mouseAxin ProteinCre recombinaseIntegrasesalveoluscell fatelungWnt

Identifiers

PMID27880906
PMCPMC5214982
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