Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31171690›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2019

Self-organization of stem cells into embryos: A window on early mammalian development.

Marta N Shahbazi, Eric D Siggia, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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109citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

109 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  14. Developing stem cell-based bovine embryos for in vitro breeding.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2026
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  15. How Early-Life Programming During Embryogenesis Imprints Cellular Memory.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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49 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

3 authors.

Marta N Shahbazi *Mammalian Embryo and Stem Cell Group, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK. ms2261@cam.ac.uk siggiae@rockefeller.edu mz205@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-1599-5747
Eric D Siggia *Center for Studies in Physics and Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA. ms2261@cam.ac.uk siggiae@rockefeller.edu mz205@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-7482-1854
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz *Mammalian Embryo and Stem Cell Group, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK. ms2261@cam.ac.uk siggiae@rockefeller.edu mz205@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-7004-2471

Funding

Placental models to support embryogenesis in vitroDP1HD104575 · NICHD · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ZERNICKA-GOETZ, MAGDALENA · 2020 to 2024
$5.8M
Dynamic readout of TGFb signaling and modeling of cell fate specification in humaR01GM101653 · NIGMS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI BRIVANLOU, ALI H, SIGGIA, ERIC D. · 2012 to 2020
$2.6M
European Research Council 669198NICHD NIH HHS DP1 HD104575NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM101653Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embryonic development is orchestrated by robust and complex regulatory mechanisms acting at different scales of organization. In vivo studies are particularly challenging for mammals after implantation, owing to the small size and inaccessibility of the embryo. The generation of stem cell models of the embryo represents a powerful system with which to dissect this complexity. Control of geometry, modulation of the physical environment, and priming with chemical signals reveal the intrinsic capacity of embryonic stem cells to make patterns. Adding the stem cells for the extraembryonic lineages generates three-dimensional models that are more autonomous from the environment and recapitulate many features of the pre- and postimplantation mouse embryo, including gastrulation. Here, we review the principles of self-organization and how they set cells in motion to create an embryo.

Indexed as

Body PatterningEmbryonic DevelopmentAnimalsEmbryonic Stem CellsHumansMiceModels, Biological

Identifiers

PMID31171690
PMCPMC8300856

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