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ReviewCells2021

Utilisation of Chick Embryo Chorioallantoic Membrane as a Model Platform for Imaging-Navigated Biomedical Research.

Lei Chen, Shuncong Wang, Yuanbo Feng, Jinyong Zhang, Yuqing Du, Jiang Zhang, Chantal Van Ongeval, Yicheng Ni, Yue Li

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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47citing 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

47 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. LAM-CAM:American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2025
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  16. Quail development inVeterinary and animal science · 2025
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  20. In-ovo imaging using ostrich eggs: biodistribution of F-18-FDG in ostrich embryos.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2025
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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

9 authors.

Lei ChenKU Leuven, Biomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8620-6186
Shuncong WangKU Leuven, Biomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0656-2760
Yuanbo FengKU Leuven, Biomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Jinyong ZhangShanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China.
Yuqing DuShanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China.
Jiang ZhangFaculty of Agricultural Biotechnology and Ecotechnology, Shanghai Vocational College of Agriculture and Forestry, Shanghai 201600, China.
Chantal Van OngevalKU Leuven, Biomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Yicheng NiKU Leuven, Biomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8553-7565
Yue LiShanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fertilised chick egg and particularly its chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) have drawn continuing interest in biomedicine and bioengineering fields, especially for research on vascular study, cancer, drug screening and development, cell factors, stem cells, etc. This literature review systemically introduces the CAM's structural evolution, functions, vascular features and the circulation system, and cell regulatory factors. It also presents the major and updated applications of the CAM in assays for pharmacokinetics and biodistribution, drug efficacy and toxicology testing/screening in preclinical pharmacological research. The time course of CAM applications for different assays and their advantages and limitations are summarised. Among these applications, two aspects are emphasised: (1) potential utility of the CAM for preclinical studies on vascular-disrupting agents (VDAs), promising for anti-cancer vascular-targeted therapy, and (2) modern imaging technologies, including modalities and their applications for real-time visualisation, monitoring and evaluation of the changes in CAM vasculature as well as the interactions occurring after introducing the tested medical, pharmaceutical and biological agents into the system. The aim of this article is to help those working in the biomedical field to familiarise themselves with the chick embryo CAM as an alternative platform and to utilise it to design and optimise experimental settings for their specific research topics.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomedical ResearchChick EmbryoChorioallantoic Membranechick embryochorioallantoic membrane (CAM)imaging techniquespreclinical pharmacological researchvascular disrupting agents (VDAs)

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PMID33671534
PMCPMC7926796

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