Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28818950›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2017

Elimination of the male reproductive tract in the female embryo is promoted by COUP-TFII in mice.

Fei Zhao, Heather L Franco, Karina F Rodriguez, Paula R Brown, Ming-Jer Tsai, Sophia Y Tsai, Humphrey H-C Yao

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 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
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

49 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. COUP-TFII in Kidneys, from Embryos to Sick Adults.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fei ZhaoReproductive Developmental Biology Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0958-3981
Heather L FrancoReproductive Developmental Biology Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9940-984X
Karina F RodriguezReproductive Developmental Biology Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8465-1972
Paula R BrownReproductive Developmental Biology Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2394-3872
Ming-Jer TsaiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Sophia Y TsaiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Humphrey H-C YaoReproductive Developmental Biology Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA. humphrey.yao@nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-2944-8469
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Impacts of Genetic and Environmental Factors on Reproductive Organ DevelopmentZIAES102965 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI YAO, HUMPHREY · 2011 to 2025
$32.8M
TISSUE COACTIVATOR AND RECEPTOR EXPRESSION FINGERPRINTSP01DK059820 · NIDDK · INSTITUT DE GENETIQUE ET BIOLOGIE MOLECU · PI O'MALLEY, BERT W · 2001 to 2016
$23.1M
MECHANISM OF ACTION OF COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORSR37DK045641 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI TSAI, MING-JER · 1999 to 2008
$3.4M
A Nuclear Receptor COUP-TFII in Vascular Function: Angiogenesis and TumoirgenesisR01HL076448 · NHLBI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI TSAI, SOPHIA Y. · 2005 to 2012
$3.0M
MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORSR01DK045641 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI TSAI, MING-JER · 1992 to 2014
$2.2M
Nuclear Orphan Receptor, COUP-TFII, in Energy Metabolism and DiseaseR01HL114539 · NHLBI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI TSAI, SOPHIA Y. · 2013 to 2016
$1.5M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 ES999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES102965NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL076448NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114539NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK059820NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK045641NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK045641NIEHS NIH HHS ZIA ES102965
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sexual differentiation paradigm contends that the female pattern of the reproductive system is established by default because the male reproductive tracts (Wolffian ducts) in the female degenerate owing to a lack of androgen. Here, we discovered that female mouse embryos lacking

Indexed as

AndrogensAnimalsCOUP Transcription Factor IIEmbryo, MammalianFemaleGenitalia, MaleMaleMiceMice, KnockoutReceptors, AndrogenSex DifferentiationSignal TransductionWolffian DuctsAndrogensCOUP Transcription Factor IIReceptors, Androgen

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PMID28818950
PMCPMC5713893
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