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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Activin/Nodal/TGF-β Pathway Inhibitor Accelerates BMP4-Induced Cochlear Gap Junction Formation During

Ichiro Fukunaga, Yoko Oe, Cheng Chen, Keiko Danzaki, Sayaka Ohta, Akito Koike, Katsuhisa Ikeda, Kazusaku Kamiya

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ichiro FukunagaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoko OeDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Cheng ChenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Keiko DanzakiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Sayaka OhtaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Akito KoikeDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Katsuhisa IkedaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazusaku KamiyaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Juntendo University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in gap junction beta-2 (

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cochlear supporting cellsconnexin 26 and 30embryonic stem cellsgap junction beta 2 genegap junction plaquesSB431542

Identifiers

PMID33968919
PMCPMC8097046
OpenAlexW3154053800

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