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ArticleSTAR protocols2020

An Optimized Protocol for the Generation of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons under Defined Conditions.

Carlos W Gantner, Agustín Cota-Coronado, Lachlan H Thompson, Clare L Parish

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Article in STAR protocols, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 38 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Carlos W GantnerThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Agustín Cota-CoronadoThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Lachlan H ThompsonThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Clare L ParishThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
The University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here, we describe a xeno-free, feeder-free, and chemically defined protocol for the generation of ventral midbrain dopaminergic (vmDA) progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). This simple-to-follow protocol results in high yields of cryopreservable dopamine neurons across multiple hPSC lines. Wnt signaling is the critical component of the differentiation and can be finely adjusted in a line-dependent manner to enhance production of dopamine neurons for the purposes of transplantation, studying development and homeostasis, disease modeling, drug discovery, and drug development. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Gantner et al. (2020) and Niclis et al. (2017a).

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Cell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCell LineCells, CulturedCulture MediaDopamineDopaminergic NeuronsHumansMesencephalonPluripotent Stem CellsCulture MediaDopamine

Identifiers

PMID33111103
PMCPMC7580226
OpenAlexW3042790734

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