Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29440301›Full record

ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2018

Cyclical expression of GDNF is required for spermatogonial stem cell homeostasis.

Manju Sharma, Robert E Braun

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
13.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 101 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manju SharmaThe Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA.
Robert E BraunThe Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA bob.braun@jax.org.ORCID 0000-0001-5319-3350
Jackson Laboratory · US

Funding

Shared Resource ManagementP30CA034196 · NCI · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI William Carl Skarnes · 1985 to 2026
$61.9M
Spermatogonial Stem Cell Self-Renewal and DifferentiationU54HD042454 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI PAGE, STEPHANIE T · 2002 to 2016
$26.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA034196NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD042454
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the murine testis, self-renewal of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) requires glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) secreted from neighboring somatic cells. However, it not clear how GDNF promotes self-renewal

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationGene Expression RegulationGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic FactorHomeostasisMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicSpermatogenesisSpermatogoniaStem CellsTestisGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic FactorGDNF family receptor α1GFRα1Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factorSpermatogenesisSpermatogonial stem cells

Identifiers

PMID29440301
PMCPMC5868990
OpenAlexW2791465698

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