Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30069046›Full record

ArticleNature2018

A single-cell atlas of the airway epithelium reveals the CFTR-rich pulmonary ionocyte.

Lindsey W Plasschaert, Rapolas Žilionis, Rayman Choo-Wing, Virginia Savova, Judith Knehr, Guglielmo Roma, Allon M Klein, Aron B Jaffe

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 646 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
646citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
97.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

646 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1,101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Lindsey W PlasschaertChemical Biology & Therapeutics, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Rapolas ŽilionisDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Rayman Choo-WingChemical Biology & Therapeutics, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Virginia SavovaDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Judith KnehrChemical Biology & Therapeutics, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
Guglielmo RomaChemical Biology & Therapeutics, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
Allon M KleinDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. allon_klein@hms.harvard.edu.
Aron B JaffeChemical Biology & Therapeutics, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA. aron.jaffe@novartis.com.
Center for Systems Biology · USNovartis (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

Novel Growth Factor Regulators of Early ErythropoieisisR01HL141402 · NHLBI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI KLEIN, ALLON MOSHE, SOCOLOVSKY, MERAV · 2018 to 2021
$2.6M
Droplet microfluidic technology for single cell cancer genomicsR33CA212697 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KLEIN, ALLON MOSHE · 2017 to 2019
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS R33 CA212697NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141402
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The functions of epithelial tissues are dictated by the types, abundance and distribution of the differentiated cells they contain. Attempts to restore tissue function after damage require knowledge of how physiological tasks are distributed among cell types, and how cell states vary between homeostasis, injury-repair and disease. In the conducting airway, a heterogeneous basal cell population gives rise to specialized luminal cells that perform mucociliary clearance

Indexed as

Gene Expression ProfilingSingle-Cell AnalysisAdolescentAdultAnimalsBronchiCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedChildChild, PreschoolCystic FibrosisCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorEpithelial CellsFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueForkhead Transcription FactorsCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXI1 protein, humanFoxi1 protein, mouseReceptors, NotchVacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases

Identifiers

PMID30069046
PMCPMC6108322
OpenAlexW2885499809

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