Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29903884›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2018

Sex reversal following deletion of a single distal enhancer of

Nitzan Gonen, Chris R Futtner, Sophie Wood, S Alexandra Garcia-Moreno, Isabella M Salamone, Shiela C Samson, Ryohei Sekido, Francis Poulat, Danielle M Maatouk, Robin Lovell-Badge

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
123citing papers in PubMed
20.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

123 citing papers in PubMed, 249 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Strain-Dependent Functional Variation of a Sex Specific Sox9 Enhancer.Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms · 2026
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  13. NamiRNA-Enhancer Network: The Changing Era Challenge and Chance of miRNA.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  19. TOX, through a glass, darkly.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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63 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Nitzan GonenThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3377-8324
Chris R FuttnerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Sophie WoodThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
S Alexandra Garcia-MorenoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2137-6114
Isabella M SalamoneDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0016-3091
Shiela C SamsonThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Ryohei SekidoInstitute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2364-1882
Francis PoulatDepartment of Genetics and Development, Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS-University of Montpellier UMR9002, Montpellier, France.
Danielle M MaatoukDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. robin.lovell-badge@crick.ac.uk.
Robin Lovell-BadgeThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK. robin.lovell-badge@crick.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-9364-4179
Northwestern University · USThe Francis Crick Institute · GBCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRUniversity of Aberdeen · GB

Funding

CELLULAR &MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008061 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI CARTHEW, RICHARD W. · 1985 to 2022
$17.1M
Cancer Research UKMedical Research Council MC_U117562207NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008061Wellcome Trust FC001107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell fate decisions require appropriate regulation of key genes.

Indexed as

AnimalsConserved SequenceEnhancer Elements, GeneticFemaleGonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XYHumansMaleMiceSequence DeletionSex Determination ProcessesSex-Determining Region Y ProteinSOX9 Transcription FactorTestisTranscription Initiation SiteSex-Determining Region Y ProteinSox9 protein, mouseSOX9 Transcription Factor

Identifiers

PMID29903884
PMCPMC6034650
OpenAlexW2808131961

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Registered trials

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