Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33070653›Full record

ArticleExperimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)2021

Direct conversion of adult human retinal pigmented epithelium cells to neurons with photoreceptor properties.

Bo Li, Houbo Jiang, Hong Li, Boyang Zhang, Malcolm Slaughter, Zhen Yan, Jian Feng

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025
    Review
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bo LiDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Houbo JiangDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Hong LiDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Boyang ZhangDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Malcolm SlaughterDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Zhen YanDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Jian FengDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7630-8800
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

Molecular Segregation of Parkinson’s Disease by Patient-Derived NeuronsR01NS113763 · NINDS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI FENG, JIAN · 2020 to 2024
$2.6M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS113763
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Degeneration of photoreceptors is a major cause of blindness. Identifying new methods for the generation of photoreceptors offers valuable options for a cell replacement therapy of blindness. Here, we show that primary adult human retinal pigmented epithelium (hRPE) cells were directly converted to postmitotic neurons with various properties of photoreceptors by the neurogenic transcription factor ASCL1 and microRNA124. At Day 8 after the induction of ASCL1 and miRNA124 expression in hRPE cells, 91% of all cells were Tuj1

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationAdultBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBiomarkersCellular ReprogrammingEpithelial CellsGene Expression RegulationHumansMicroRNAsMitosisNeuronsPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateRetinal Pigment EpitheliumTime FactorsASCL1 protein, humanBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBiomarkersMicroRNAsMIRN124 microRNA, humanASCL1miRNA124photoreceptorsreprogrammingRetinal pigmented epitheliumtransdifferentiation

Identifiers

PMID33070653
PMCPMC7871113
OpenAlexW3093441619

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.