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ArticleNature2021

Modelling human blastocysts by reprogramming fibroblasts into iBlastoids.

Xiaodong Liu, Jia Ping Tan, Jan Schröder, Asma Aberkane, John F Ouyang, Monika Mohenska, Sue Mei Lim, Yu B Y Sun, Joseph Chen, Guizhi Sun and 7 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. Cited by 202 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
202citing papers in PubMed
22.2field-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

202 citing papers in PubMed, 343 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Xiaodong Liu *Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9315-3406
Jia Ping Tan *Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Jan SchröderDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5270-0605
Asma AberkaneAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
John F OuyangProgram in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-1577
Monika MohenskaDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Sue Mei LimDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Yu B Y SunDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0863-2769
Joseph ChenDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Guizhi SunDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Yichen ZhouDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Daniel PoppeAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6674-8420
Ryan ListerAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6637-7239
Amander T ClarkDepartment of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Owen J L RackhamProgram in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4390-0872
Jennifer ZenkerAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Jose M PoloDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. jose.polo@monash.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2531-778X
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute · AUAustralian Research Council · AUNational University of Singapore · SGDiscovery Institute · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human pluripotent and trophoblast stem cells have been essential alternatives to blastocysts for understanding early human development

Indexed as

Cell Culture TechniquesCellular ReprogrammingModels, BiologicalTranscriptomeBlastocystFemaleFibroblastsHumansIn Vitro TechniquesSingle-Cell AnalysisStem CellsTrophoblasts

Identifiers

PMID33731926
OpenAlexW3136928907

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