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ReviewCell stem cell2020

Tools and Concepts for Interrogating and Defining Cellular Identity.

Kara L McKinley, David Castillo-Azofeifa, Ophir D Klein

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Review in Cell stem cell, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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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

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Single-cell analysis of adult mouse testes exposed to cigarette smoke.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2026
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  6. Research Progress on Neural Cell Culture Systems.Current neuropharmacology · 2025
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  8. The Contribution of Meckel's Cartilage-Derived Type II Collagen-Positive Cells to the Jawbone Development and Repair.The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society · 2024
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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

3 authors.

Kara L McKinleyDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
David Castillo-AzofeifaDepartment of Orofacial Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Ophir D KleinDepartment of Orofacial Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: ophir.klein@ucsf.edu.

Funding

Harnessing natural stem cell-based strategies for mammalian dental renewalR35DE026602 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KLEIN, OPHIR D · 2016 to 2023
$8.0M
Mechanisms modulating cell identity in regenerative mammalian epitheliaK99HD101021 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MCKINLEY, KARA LAVIDGE · 2019 to 2020
$194k
NICHD NIH HHS K99 HD101021NIDCR NIH HHS R35 DE026602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defining the mechanisms that generate specialized cell types and coordinate their functions is critical for understanding organ development and renewal. New tools and discoveries are challenging and refining our definitions of a cell type. A rapidly growing toolkit for single-cell analyses has expanded the number of markers that can be assigned to a cell simultaneously, revealing heterogeneity within cell types that were previously regarded as homogeneous populations. Additionally, cell types defined by specific molecular markers can exhibit distinct, context-dependent functions; for example, between tissues in homeostasis and those responding to damage. Here we review the current technologies used to identify and characterize cells, and we discuss how experimental and pathological perturbations are adding increasing complexity to our definitions of cell identity.

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Single-Cell AnalysisStem CellsHomeostasiscell competitioncell typemicroscopyorganoidplasticityscRNA-seqsmFISHstem cell

Identifiers

PMID32386555
PMCPMC7250495

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