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ArticleGenes & development2018

Stem cell niche-specific Ebf3 maintains the bone marrow cavity.

Masanari Seike, Yoshiki Omatsu, Hitomi Watanabe, Gen Kondoh, Takashi Nagasawa

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Article in Genes & development, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 164 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Masanari SeikeLaboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Immunology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Immunology Frontier Research Center, World Premier International Research Center (WPI), Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Yoshiki OmatsuLaboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Immunology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Immunology Frontier Research Center, World Premier International Research Center (WPI), Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Hitomi WatanabeLaboratory of Integrative Biological Science and Animal Experiments for Regeneration, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Gen KondohLaboratory of Integrative Biological Science and Animal Experiments for Regeneration, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Takashi NagasawaLaboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Immunology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Immunology Frontier Research Center, World Premier International Research Center (WPI), Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Kyoto University · JPOsaka University · JPOsaka International University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone marrow is the tissue filling the space between bone surfaces. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are maintained by special microenvironments known as niches within bone marrow cavities. Mesenchymal cells, termed CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12)-abundant reticular (CAR) cells or leptin receptor-positive (LepR

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Age FactorsAnimalsBone MarrowCell DifferentiationCell LineageGene Expression RegulationMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOsteogenesisStem Cell NicheTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsEbf1 protein, mouseEbf3 protein, mouseTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsboneEbf3hematopoietic stem cellmesenchymal stem cellstem cell niche

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PMID29563184
PMCPMC5900710
OpenAlexW2793050664

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