Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28369043›Full record

ArticleNature methods2017

Generation of mature T cells from human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in artificial thymic organoids.

Christopher S Seet, Chongbin He, Michael T Bethune, Suwen Li, Brent Chick, Eric H Gschweng, Yuhua Zhu, Kenneth Kim, Donald B Kohn, David Baltimore and 2 more

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Article in Nature methods, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 181 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
181citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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

181 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 263 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Parabiosis, Assembloids, Organoids (PAO).Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher S SeetDivision of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chongbin HeDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, DGSOM, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Michael T BethuneDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California, USA.
Suwen LiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, DGSOM, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Brent ChickDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, DGSOM, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Eric H GschwengDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, DGSOM, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Yuhua ZhuDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, DGSOM, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Kenneth KimDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, DGSOM, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Donald B KohnDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, DGSOM, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
David BaltimoreDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California, USA.
Gay M CrooksDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, DGSOM, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Amélie Montel-HagenDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, DGSOM, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · USCalifornia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Women's CancersP30CA016042 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Samuel Wheeler French · 1985 to 2026
$134.5M
Virology CoreP30AI028697 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ANTON, PETER A · 1991 to 2018
$39.9M
Transduction of Human Stem and Progenitor CellsP01HL073104 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KOHN, DONALD B · 2003 to 2013
$18.3M
Training for Academic HematologyT32HL066992 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHUTE, JOHN P, TIMMERMAN, JOHN M · 2002 to 2017
$3.6M
Discovery and manipulation of mesenchymal signals for thymic rejuvenationR01AG049753 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CROOKS, GAY M · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
A novel thymic implant strategy to induce T cell reconstitution and immune tolerance for patients with complete DiGeorge SyndromeR21AI119927 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CROOKS, GAY M · 2015 to 2016
$424k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016042NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL073104NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL066992NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI028697NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI119927NIA NIH HHS R01 AG049753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies of human T cell development require robust model systems that recapitulate the full span of thymopoiesis, from hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) through to mature T cells. Existing in vitro models induce T cell commitment from human HSPCs; however, differentiation into mature CD3

Indexed as

Artificial OrgansCell DifferentiationBiotechnologyHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansOrganoidsStem CellsThymus GlandT-Lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID28369043
PMCPMC5426913
OpenAlexW2604331373

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