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ArticleNature2019

A radical switch in clonality reveals a stem cell niche in the epiphyseal growth plate.

Phillip T Newton, Lei Li, Baoyi Zhou, Christoph Schweingruber, Maria Hovorakova, Meng Xie, Xiaoyan Sun, Lakshmi Sandhow, Artem V Artemov, Evgeny Ivashkin and 16 more

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Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 149 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
149citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.7field-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

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

149 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 222 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  13. Growth hormone regulates the stem cell population in the growth plate.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  14. The role of the PTHrP/Ihh feedback loop in the unusual growth plate location in mammalian metatarsals and pisiforms.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2025
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  17. A Retinoid Antagonist Attenuates Bone Growth Inhibition Caused by Growth Plate Injury in Mice.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2025
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  19. Stem Cell Niche Concept: Search for Current Expert Consensus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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89 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Phillip T NewtonDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. phillip.newton@ki.se.
Lei LiDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Baoyi ZhouDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Christoph SchweingruberDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Maria HovorakovaDepartment of Developmental Biology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Meng XieDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Xiaoyan SunDepartment of Biosciences and Nutrition and Center for Innovative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Lakshmi SandhowCenter for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Artem V ArtemovDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Evgeny IvashkinDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Simon SuterDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Vyacheslav DyachukDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Maha El ShahawyDepartment of Oral Biochemistry, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Amel Gritli-LindeDepartment of Oral Biochemistry, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Thibault BouderliqueDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Julian PetersenDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Annelie MollbrinkScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Joakim LundebergScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Grigori EnikolopovCenter for Developmental Genetics and Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Hong QianCenter for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Kaj FriedDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Maria KasperDepartment of Biosciences and Nutrition and Center for Innovative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Eva HedlundDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Igor AdameykoDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lars SävendahlDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet and Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Andrei S ChaginDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. andrei.chagin@ki.se.
Karolinska Institutet · SEKTH Royal Institute of Technology · SEUniversity of Gothenburg · SEA.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences · RUCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Medicine · CZSechenov University · RUStony Brook University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Longitudinal bone growth in children is sustained by growth plates, narrow discs of cartilage that provide a continuous supply of chondrocytes for endochondral ossification

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsCartilageCell Self RenewalChondrocytesClone CellsFemaleGrowth PlateMaleMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MiceStem Cell NicheMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1

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PMID30814736
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