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ReviewMolecular and cellular endocrinology2018

Epigenetic regulation of male fate commitment from an initially bipotential system.

S Alexandra Garcia-Moreno, Michael P Plebanek, Blanche Capel

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Review in Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Sex Determination in Sponges.Molecular reproduction and development · 2026
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  2. Overexpression ofZoological research · 2024
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  8. Epigenetic mechanisms in sex determination and in the evolutionary transitions between sexual systems.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021
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  9. Sex determination without sex chromosomes.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

S Alexandra Garcia-MorenoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: sagm@u.northwestern.edu.
Michael P PlebanekDepartment of Urology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Blanche CapelDepartment of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: blanche.capel@duke.edu.

Funding

CELLULAR &MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008061 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI CARTHEW, RICHARD W. · 1985 to 2022
$17.1M
OPPOSING PATHWAYS IN MAMMALIAN SEX DETERMINATIONR01HD039963 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CAPEL, BLANCHE · 2001 to 2025
$4.7M
Opposing Pathways in Mammalian Sex DeterminationR37HD039963 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CAPEL, BLANCHE · 2011 to 2020
$3.5M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD039963NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD039963NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A fundamental goal in biology is to understand how distinct cell types containing the same genetic information arise from a single stem cell throughout development. Sex determination is a key developmental process that requires a unidirectional commitment of an initially bipotential gonad towards either the male or female fate. This makes sex determination a unique model to study cell fate commitment and differentiation in vivo. We have focused this review on the accumulating evidence that epigenetic mechanisms contribute to the bipotential state of the fetal gonad and to the regulation of chromatin accessibility during and immediately downstream of the primary sex-determining switch that establishes the male fate.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticAnimalsChromatinDNA MethylationGenes, sryHistonesMaleSOX Transcription FactorsChromatinHistonesSOX Transcription FactorsCell fate commitmentDevelopmentEpigeneticsGonadPlasticitySex determination

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PMID29410272
PMCPMC6084468

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