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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

SPAG17 Is Required for Male Germ Cell Differentiation and Fertility.

Elizabeth Kazarian, HyunYoung Son, Paulene Sapao, Wei Li, Zhibing Zhang, Jerome F Strauss, Maria E Teves

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 57 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elizabeth KazarianDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. ekazarian@mymail.vcu.edu.
HyunYoung SonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. sonh2@vcu.edu.
Paulene SapaoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. sapaopa@mymail.vcu.edu.
Wei LiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. wei.li@vcuhealth.org.
Zhibing ZhangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. gn6075@wayne.edu.
Jerome F StraussDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. jerome.strauss@vcuhealth.org.
Maria E TevesDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. maria.teves@vcuhealth.org.
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

Virus Vector Shared ResourceP30CA016059 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Keri R Maher · 1985 to 2026
$51.0M
VCU Neuroscience Center Core GrantP30NS047463 · NINDS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI POVLISHOCK, JOHN T · 2003 to 2013
$5.0M
Functional Analysis of PCOS Candidate GenesR01HD083323 · NICHD · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI MCALLISTER, JAN M, STRAUSS, JEROME F · 2016 to 2020
$2.7M
Dissection of the Structural Basis of MEIG1 in Assembling Sperm FlagellaR01HD076257 · NICHD · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, ZHIBING · 2013 to 2017
$1.5M
The Role of Transcription Factor S-SOX5 in Male Fertility and Sperm Flagella FormationR03HD090306 · NICHD · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, ZHIBING · 2017 to 2018
$145k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016059NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD076257NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD083323NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD090306NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AcrosomeAnimalsCell DifferentiationFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGerm CellsGolgi ApparatusInfertility, MaleMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMicrotubule ProteinsMicrotubule ProteinsSPAG17 protein, mousecentral pair complex proteinmanchettespermatogenesis

Identifiers

PMID29690537
PMCPMC5979577
OpenAlexW2801317597

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