Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29657549›Full record

ReviewReproductive medicine and biology2006

Regulation of testicular function by cell-to-cell interaction.

Masato Fujisawa

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Reproductive medicine and biology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 86% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masato FujisawaDivision of Urology, Department of Organs Therapeutics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Kobe University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-to-cell interactions in the testis play important roles in regulating testicular function. Investigating the mechanism of such interactions is essential to elucidate the cause of spermatogenic dysfunction and to create a new treatment. (Reprod Med Biol 2006;

Indexed as

interactionLeydig cellsSertoli cellstestis

Identifiers

PMID29657549
PMCPMC5891797
OpenAlexW2099279133

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.