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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2018

Methods for the Study of Regeneration in Stentor.

Athena Lin, Tatyana Makushok, Ulises Diaz, Wallace F Marshall

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. A role for thebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  7. Characterization of cellular wound resistance in the giant ciliatebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  8. The cell biology and genome ofMolecular biology of the cell · 2025
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  9. Genome-wide analysis of anterior-posterior mRNA regionalization inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  10. Phylogeny, morphology, and behavior of the new ciliate speciesbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  15. Studying Habituation in Stentor coeruleus.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2023
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Athena LinDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco.
Tatyana MakushokDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco.
Ulises DiazDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco.
Wallace F MarshallDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco; wallace.marshall@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Pattern formation and regeneration in a single cellR01GM113602 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MARSHALL, WALLACE · 2015 to 2018
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM113602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cells need to be able to regenerate their parts to recover from external perturbations. The unicellular ciliate Stentor coeruleus is an excellent model organism to study wound healing and subsequent cell regeneration. The Stentor genome became available recently, along with modern molecular biology methods, such as RNAi. These tools make it possible to study single-cell regeneration at the molecular level. The first section of the protocol covers establishing Stentor cell cultures from single cells or cell fragments, along with general guidelines for maintaining Stentor cultures. Culturing Stentor in large quantities allows for the use of valuable tools like biochemistry, sequencing, and mass spectrometry. Subsequent sections of the protocol cover different approaches to inducing regeneration in Stentor. Manually cutting cells with a glass needle allows studying the regeneration of large cell parts, while treating cells with either sucrose or urea allows studying the regeneration of specific structures located at the anterior end of the cell. A method for imaging individual regenerating cells is provided, along with a rubric for staging and analyzing the dynamics of regeneration. The entire process of regeneration is divided in three stages. By visualizing the dynamics of the progression of a population of cells through the stages, the heterogeneity in regeneration timing is demonstrated.

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AnimalsCiliophoraHistological TechniquesRegeneration

Identifiers

PMID29985325
PMCPMC6101732
OpenAlexW2808387716

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