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ReviewFuture science OA2017

Stem cell culture and differentiation in microfluidic devices toward organ-on-a-chip.

Jie Zhang, Xiaofeng Wei, Rui Zeng, Feng Xu, XiuJun Li

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Review in Future science OA, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
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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

49 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Synthetic embryos: current progress, application and challenges.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2026
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  2. The Therapeutic Scope of Orofacial Mesenchymal Stem Cells.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  3. The Life of a Kidney Podocyte.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2025
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  11. Microfluidic Approaches for Affinity-Based Exosome Separation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  12. MatriGridBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

5 authors.

Jie ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
Xiaofeng WeiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
Rui ZengDepartment of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
Feng XuBioinspired Engineering & Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xian 710049, PR China.
XiuJun LiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.

Funding

Grafting DNA Codes on Paper for Rapid, Low-Cost, and Sensitive Meningitis DiagnosSC2GM105584 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI LI, XIUJUN · 2013 to 2015
$438k
Design of Point of Care Device for the Rapid Diagnosis of PertussisR21AI107415 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI DOMINGUEZ, DELFINA C, LI, XIUJUN · 2015 to 2016
$405k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI107415NIGMS NIH HHS SC2 GM105584
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip provides a new platform with unique advantages to mimic complex physiological microenvironments

Indexed as

microfluidic devicesorgan-on-a-chipstem cellstem cell culturestem cell differentiation

Identifiers

PMID28670476
PMCPMC5481871

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