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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2021

Engineered Tools to Study Intercellular Communication.

Benjamin A Yang, Trisha M Westerhof, Kaitlyn Sabin, Sofia D Merajver, Carlos A Aguilar

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In one paragraph

Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
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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

35 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Leveraging Microphysiological Systems to Facilitate Neutrophil-Based Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  13. Single Cell-Pair Proteomics for Decoding Immune-Cancer Cell Interactions.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  19. Molecular mechanisms of aging and anti-aging strategies.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024
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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

5 authors.

Benjamin A YangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Biointerfaces Institute 2800 Plymouth Road, North Campus Research Complex Ann Arbor MI A10-183 USA.
Trisha M WesterhofDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Biointerfaces Institute 2800 Plymouth Road, North Campus Research Complex Ann Arbor MI A10-183 USA.
Kaitlyn SabinDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Biointerfaces Institute 2800 Plymouth Road, North Campus Research Complex Ann Arbor MI A10-183 USA.
Sofia D MerajverDepartment of Internal Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology and Rogel Cancer Center 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Rogel Cancer Center Ann Arbor MI 7314 USA.
Carlos A AguilarDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Biointerfaces Institute 2800 Plymouth Road, North Campus Research Complex Ann Arbor MI A10-183 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3830-0634

Funding

Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR)UL1TR002240 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LUMENG, JULIE C, MASHOUR, GEORGE ALEXANDER · 2017 to 2022
$54.9M
Research Education CoreP30AG024824 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Neil Alexander · 2004 to 2026
$29.2M
Structure, Composition, & Histology Core - Core BP30AR069620 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI KARL J JEPSEN · 2016 to 2026
$8.4M
Microfluidics in Biomedical Sciences Training ProgramT32EB005582 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FAN, XUDONG · 2005 to 2020
$3.9M
Advanced development and validation of an in vitro platform to phenotype brain metastatic tumor cells using artificial intelligenceR33CA261696 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FU, JIANPING, MERAJVER, SOFIA DIANA · 2022 to 2024
$1.1M
Artificial Intelligence driven prediction of brain metastasis from primary tumor sites at diagnosisR21CA245597 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MERAJVER, SOFIA DIANA · 2020 to 2021
$401k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002240NCI NIH HHS R21 CA245597NCI NIH HHS R33 CA261696NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR069620NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024824NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB005582
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All multicellular organisms rely on intercellular communication networks to coordinate physiological functions. As members of a dynamic social network, each cell receives, processes, and redistributes biological information to define and maintain tissue homeostasis. Uncovering the molecular programs underlying these processes is critical for prevention of disease and aging and development of therapeutics. The study of intercellular communication requires techniques that reduce the scale and complexity of in vivo biological networks while resolving the molecular heterogeneity in "omic" layers that contribute to cell state and function. Recent advances in microengineering and high-throughput genomics offer unprecedented spatiotemporal control over cellular interactions and the ability to study intercellular communication in a high-throughput and mechanistic manner. Herein, this review discusses how salient engineered approaches and sequencing techniques can be applied to understand collective cell behavior and tissue functions.

Indexed as

biomedical devicescell–cell communicationhigh‐throughput sequencingintercellular communication

Identifiers

PMID33552865
PMCPMC7856891

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