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ArticleScience advances2021

Human physiomimetic model integrating microphysiological systems of the gut, liver, and brain for studies of neurodegenerative diseases.

Martin Trapecar, Emile Wogram, Devon Svoboda, Catherine Communal, Attya Omer, Tenzin Lungjangwa, Pierre Sphabmixay, Jason Velazquez, Kirsten Schneider, Charles W Wright and 9 more

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
98citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

98 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

19 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Martin TrapecarDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0860-8948
Emile WogramWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Devon SvobodaWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Catherine CommunalDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Attya OmerWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8889-5686
Tenzin LungjangwaWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Pierre SphabmixayWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jason VelazquezDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3592-9966
Kirsten SchneiderDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Charles W WrightDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Samuel MildrumDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6658-3171
Austin HendricksDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4819-3174
Stuart LevineDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7363-562X
Julien MuffatWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1889-7023
Meelim Jasmine LeeDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Douglas A LauffenburgerDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0050-989X
David TrumperDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5358-5450
Rudolf JaenischWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA. griff@mit.edu jaenisch@wi.mit.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2540-7099
Linda G GriffithDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. griff@mit.edu jaenisch@wi.mit.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1801-5548
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · US

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Paula T Hammond · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACTP30DK034854 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI JONATHAN C KAGAN · 1986 to 2026
$32.4M
TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI YAFFE, MICHAEL B · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
Transcriptional condensates, epigenetic editing and Rett SyndromeR01MH104610 · NIMH · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI JAENISCH, RUDOLF, YOUNG, RICHARD · 2014 to 2023
$7.4M
GuMI: New In Vitro Platforms to Parse the Human Gut Epithelial-Microbiome-Immune AxisR01EB021908 · NIBIB · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI CARRIER, REBECCA L, GRIFFITH, LINDA G · 2016 to 2020
$5.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB021908NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034854NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH104610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Slow progress in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) motivates an urgent need for highly controlled in vitro systems to investigate organ-organ- and organ-immune-specific interactions relevant for disease pathophysiology. Of particular interest is the gut/microbiome-liver-brain axis for parsing out how genetic and environmental factors contribute to NDs. We have developed a mesofluidic platform technology to study gut-liver-cerebral interactions in the context of Parkinson's disease (PD). It connects microphysiological systems (MPSs) of the primary human gut and liver with a human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cerebral MPS in a systemically circulated common culture medium containing CD4

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Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsNeurodegenerative DiseasesParkinson DiseaseBrainHumansLiver

Identifiers

PMID33514545
PMCPMC7846169
OpenAlexW3124669815

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