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ArticleCell research2020

Comparative analysis of cell lineage differentiation during hepatogenesis in humans and mice at the single-cell transcriptome level.

Xin Wang, Li Yang, Yan-Chun Wang, Zi-Ran Xu, Ye Feng, Jing Zhang, Yi Wang, Cheng-Ran Xu

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Article in Cell research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Xin Wang *Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, College of Life Sciences, Department of Human Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, and School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Li Yang *Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, College of Life Sciences, Department of Human Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, and School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Yan-Chun Wang *Haidian Maternal & Child Health Hospital, Beijing, 100080, China.
Zi-Ran XuMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, College of Life Sciences, Department of Human Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, and School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Ye FengMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, College of Life Sciences, Department of Human Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, and School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Jing ZhangHaidian Maternal & Child Health Hospital, Beijing, 100080, China.
Yi WangHaidian Maternal & Child Health Hospital, Beijing, 100080, China.
Cheng-Ran XuMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, College of Life Sciences, Department of Human Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, and School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. cxu@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-4464

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During embryogenesis, the liver is the site of hepatogenesis and hematopoiesis and contains many cell lineages derived from the endoderm and mesoderm. However, the characteristics and developmental programs of many of these cell lineages remain unclear, especially in humans. Here, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing of whole human and mouse fetal livers throughout development. We identified four cell lineage families of endoderm-derived, erythroid, non-erythroid hematopoietic, and mesoderm-derived non-hematopoietic cells, and defined the developmental pathways of the major cell lineage families. In both humans and mice, we identified novel markers of hepatic lineages and an ID3

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Single-Cell AnalysisAnimalsBiomarkersCell DifferentiationCell LineageErythrocytesErythropoiesisFetusHepatocytesHumansLiverMesodermMiceOrganogenesisPrincipal Component AnalysisRNABiomarkersRNA

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PMCPMC7784864

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