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ReviewCells2020

Development and Differentiation of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuron: From Bench to Bedside.

Mengmeng Wang, King-Hwa Ling, Jun Jie Tan, Cheng-Biao Lu

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Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mengmeng WangDepartment of Neurobiology and Physiology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China.
King-Hwa LingDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan 43400 Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-3968-7263
Jun Jie TanAdvanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bertam 13200, Kepala Batas, Penang, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-7027-6657
Cheng-Biao LuDepartment of Neurobiology and Physiology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China.
Universiti Sains Malaysia · MYUniversiti Putra Malaysia · MYXinxiang Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting the motor system. It is primarily due to substantial loss of midbrain dopamine (mDA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and to decreased innervation to the striatum. Although existing drug therapy available can relieve the symptoms in early-stage PD patients, it cannot reverse the pathogenic progression of PD. Thus, regenerating functional mDA neurons in PD patients may be a cure to the disease. The proof-of-principle clinical trials showed that human fetal graft-derived mDA neurons could restore the release of dopamine neurotransmitters, could reinnervate the striatum, and could alleviate clinical symptoms in PD patients. The invention of human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), autologous source of neural progenitors with less ethical consideration, and risk of graft rejection can now be generated in vitro. This advancement also prompts extensive research to decipher important developmental signaling in differentiation, which is key to successful in vitro production of functional mDA neurons and the enabler of mass manufacturing of the cells required for clinical applications. In this review, we summarize the biology and signaling involved in the development of mDA neurons and the current progress and methodology in driving efficient mDA neuron differentiation from pluripotent stem cells.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell DifferentiationDopaminergic NeuronsHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsLevodopaMesencephalonModels, NeurologicalNerve RegenerationNeurogenesisParkinson DiseaseTranslational Research, BiomedicalLevodopadifferentiationmidbrain dopaminergic neuronneurodevelopmentParkinson’s diseasepluripotent stem cellssmall molecules

Identifiers

PMID32570916
PMCPMC7349799
OpenAlexW3036190230

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