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ArticleNature2021

Inherent mosaicism and extensive mutation of human placentas.

Tim H H Coorens, Thomas R W Oliver, Rashesh Sanghvi, Ulla Sovio, Emma Cook, Roser Vento-Tormo, Muzlifah Haniffa, Matthew D Young, Raheleh Rahbari, Neil Sebire and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 119 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
119citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
53.4field-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

119 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 208 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Tim H H Coorens *Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5826-3554
Thomas R W Oliver *Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4306-0102
Rashesh SanghviWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7703-9216
Ulla SovioDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0799-1105
Emma CookDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6142-4443
Roser Vento-TormoWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9870-8474
Muzlifah HaniffaWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3927-2084
Matthew D YoungWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
Raheleh RahbariWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1839-7785
Neil SebireGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
Peter J CampbellWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3921-0510
D Stephen Charnock-JonesDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK. dscj1@cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2936-4890
Gordon C S SmithCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK. gcss2@cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-0997
Sam BehjatiWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK. sb31@sanger.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6600-7665
Wellcome Sanger Institute · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBGreat Ormond Street Hospital · GBRoyal Victoria Infirmary · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 27114Wellcome Trust 110104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Placentas can exhibit chromosomal aberrations that are absent from the fetus

Indexed as

MosaicismMutagenesisMutationBiopsyBlastocyst Inner Cell MassFemaleGenome, HumanHumansMesodermMutation RatePlacentaPregnancyTrisomyTrophoblastsZygote

Identifiers

PMID33692543
PMCPMC7611644
OpenAlexW3133632560

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Registered trials

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