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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology2018

Human lung branching morphogenesis is orchestrated by the spatiotemporal distribution of ACTA2, SOX2, and SOX9.

Soula Danopoulos, Irving Alonso, Matthew E Thornton, Brendan H Grubbs, Saverio Bellusci, David Warburton, Denise Al Alam

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Article in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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92citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

92 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 185 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Soula DanopoulosDevelopmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California.
Irving AlonsoDevelopmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California.
Matthew E ThorntonDevelopmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California.
Brendan H GrubbsDevelopmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California.
Saverio BellusciDevelopmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California.
David WarburtonDevelopmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California.
Denise Al AlamDevelopmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California.
University of Southern California · USChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles · US

Funding

Mechanisms controlling early human lung developmentR01HL141856 · NHLBI · LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER · PI AL-ALAM, DENISE · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141856
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung morphogenesis relies on a number of important processes, including proximal-distal patterning, cell proliferation, migration and differentiation, as well as epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. In mouse lung development, SOX2

Indexed as

OrganogenesisActinsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedFetusHumansLungMiceSignal TransductionSOX9 Transcription FactorSOXB1 Transcription FactorsACTA2 protein, humanActinsSOX2 protein, humanSOX9 protein, humanSOX9 Transcription FactorSOXB1 Transcription Factorshuman lung developmentprogenitor cellssmooth muscle cellsα-actin 2

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PMID28971977
PMCPMC8312513
OpenAlexW2759725020

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