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ArticleNature2020

Lipid availability determines fate of skeletal progenitor cells via SOX9.

Nick van Gastel, Steve Stegen, Guy Eelen, Sandra Schoors, Aurélie Carlier, Veerle W Daniëls, Ninib Baryawno, Dariusz Przybylski, Maarten Depypere, Pieter-Jan Stiers and 14 more

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 156 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
156citing papers in PubMed
10.2field-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

156 citing papers in PubMed, 224 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

24 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Nick van GastelLaboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Steve StegenLaboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Guy EelenLaboratory of Angiogenesis and Vascular Metabolism, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sandra SchoorsLaboratory of Angiogenesis and Vascular Metabolism, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Aurélie CarlierPrometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Veerle W DaniëlsLaboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Ninib BaryawnoDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Dariusz PrzybylskiHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.
Maarten DepypereMedical Imaging Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Pieter-Jan StiersLaboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Dennis LambrechtsPrometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Riet Van LooverenLaboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sophie TorrekensLaboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Azeem ShardaDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Patrizia AgostinisLaboratory of Cell Death Research and Therapy, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Diether LambrechtsLaboratory of Translational Genetics and Laboratory for Functional Epigenetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Frederik MaesMedical Imaging Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Johan V SwinnenLaboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Liesbet GerisPrometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Hans Van OosterwyckPrometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Bernard ThienpontLaboratory of Translational Genetics and Laboratory for Functional Epigenetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Peter CarmelietLaboratory of Angiogenesis and Vascular Metabolism, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
David T ScaddenDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Geert CarmelietLaboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. geert.carmeliet@kuleuven.be.
KU Leuven · BEVIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology · BEHarvard University · USHarvard Stem Cell Institute · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of Liège · BE

Funding

Transcriptional and epigenetic heterogeneity of stem/progenitor cellsP01HL131477 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DANIEL G TENEN · 2017 to 2026
$24.6M
European Research Council 279100European Research Council 308223NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL131477
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The avascular nature of cartilage makes it a unique tissue

Indexed as

Cellular MicroenvironmentChondrogenesisLipid MetabolismAnimalsBone and BonesChondrocytesFatty AcidsFemaleFood DeprivationForkhead Transcription FactorsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOsteogenesisOxidation-ReductionSignal TransductionFatty AcidsForkhead Transcription FactorsSox9 protein, mouseSOX9 Transcription Factor

Identifiers

PMID32103177
PMCPMC7060079
OpenAlexW3008149695

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