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ArticleNature2020

snRNA-seq reveals a subpopulation of adipocytes that regulates thermogenesis.

Wenfei Sun, Hua Dong, Miroslav Balaz, Michal Slyper, Eugene Drokhlyansky, Georgia Colleluori, Antonio Giordano, Zuzana Kovanicova, Patrik Stefanicka, Lucia Balazova and 8 more

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 247 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
247citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
27.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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

247 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 359 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Wenfei SunInstitute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland. wenfei-sun@ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5762-6010
Hua DongInstitute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland.
Miroslav BalazInstitute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland.
Michal SlyperBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Eugene DrokhlyanskyBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Georgia ColleluoriDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Center of Obesity, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4908-9873
Antonio GiordanoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Center of Obesity, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.
Zuzana KovanicovaInstitute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Patrik StefanickaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Lucia BalazovaInstitute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland.
Lianggong DingInstitute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland.
Anna Sofie HustedThe Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Gottfried RudofskyDepartment of Endocrinology, Cantonal Hospital Olten, Olten, Switzerland.
Jozef UkropecInstitute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Saverio CintiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Center of Obesity, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0362-5017
Thue W SchwartzThe Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0261-6904
Aviv RegevKlarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3293-3158
Christian WolfrumInstitute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland. christian-wolfrum@ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3862-6805
ETH Zurich · CHBroad Institute · USMarche Polytechnic University · ITSlovak Academy of Sciences · SKUniversity of Copenhagen · DKComenius University Bratislava · SKKantonsschule Olten · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adipose tissue is usually classified on the basis of its function as white, brown or beige (brite)

Indexed as

RNA-SeqSingle-Cell AnalysisAcetatesAdipocytesAdipose Tissue, BrownAdultAgedAldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 FamilyAnimalsCell NucleusCell SeparationCytochrome P-450 CYP2E1Energy MetabolismFemaleHumansMaleAcetatesAldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 FamilyALDH1A1 protein, humanALDH1A1 protein, mouseCytochrome P-450 CYP2E1Retinal Dehydrogenase

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PMID33116305
OpenAlexW3097526205

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