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ArticleCells2020

Protein O-GlcNAcylation Promotes Trophoblast Differentiation at Implantation.

Peter T Ruane, Cheryl M J Tan, Daman J Adlam, Susan J Kimber, Daniel R Brison, John D Aplin, Melissa Westwood

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Article in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Peter T RuaneMaternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
Cheryl M J TanMaternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
Daman J AdlamMaternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
Susan J KimberDivision of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0568-6342
Daniel R BrisonMaternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
John D AplinMaternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
Melissa WestwoodMaternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
University of Manchester · GBManchester Academic Health Science Centre · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embryo implantation begins with blastocyst trophectoderm (TE) attachment to the endometrial epithelium, followed by the breaching of this barrier by TE-derived trophoblast. Dynamic protein modification with O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAcylation) is mediated by O-GlcNAc transferase and O-GlcNAcase (OGA), and couples cellular metabolism to stress adaptation. O-GlcNAcylation is essential for blastocyst formation, but whether there is a role for this system at implantation remains unexplored. Here, we used OGA inhibitor thiamet g (TMG) to induce raised levels of O-GlcNAcylation in mouse blastocysts and human trophoblast cells. In an in vitro embryo implantation model, TMG promoted mouse blastocyst breaching of the endometrial epithelium. TMG reduced expression of TE transcription factors

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationEmbryo ImplantationFemaleHumansMiceN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesTrophoblastsN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesO-GlcNAc transferaseembryo implantationextra-embryonic developmentimplantation failureprotein O-GlcNAcylationstresstranscription factorstrophoblast differentiation

Identifiers

PMID33036308
PMCPMC7599815
OpenAlexW3092015105

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