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ReviewStem cell reports2021

Bioengineering in vitro models of embryonic development.

Ananya Gupta, Matthias P Lutolf, Alex J Hughes, Katharina F Sonnen

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Review in Stem cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing 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

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Mechanical cues regulateMaterials today. Bio · 2026
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  3. From genes to germ layers: virtual twins of gastruloids.NPJ systems biology and applications · 2026
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  9. Measurement of adhesion and traction of cells at high yield reveals an energetic ratchet operating during nephron condensation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  12. [The Dynamic Model of the Active-Inactive Cell Interface].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2024
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  15. Technical challenges of studying early human development.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2023
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  18. A Uterus-Inspired Niche Drives Blastocyst Development to the Early Organogenesis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022
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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

4 authors.

Ananya GuptaDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Matthias P LutolfLaboratory of Stem Cell Bioengineering, Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015 Vaud, Switzerland; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, School of Basic Science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015 Vaud, Switzerland. Electronic address: matthias.lutolf@epfl.ch.
Alex J HughesDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: ajhughes@seas.upenn.edu.
Katharina F SonnenHubrecht Institute-KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: k.sonnen@hubrecht.eu.

Funding

A developmental engineering toolbox for large-scale tissue engineeringR35GM133380 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Alex Hughes · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133380
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell-based in vitro models of embryonic development have been established over the last decade. Such model systems recapitulate aspects of gametogenesis, early embryonic development, or organogenesis. They enable experimental approaches that have not been possible previously and have the potential to greatly reduce the number of animals required for research. However, each model system has its own limitations, with certain aspects, such as morphogenesis and spatiotemporal control of cell fate decisions, diverging from the in vivo counterpart. Targeted bioengineering approaches to provide defined instructive external signals or to modulate internal cellular signals could overcome some of these limitations. Here, we present the latest technical developments and discuss how bioengineering can further advance the optimization and external control of stem cell-based embryo-like structures (ELSs). In vitro models combined with sophisticated bioengineering tools will enable an even more in-depth analysis of embryonic development in the future.

Indexed as

BioengineeringEmbryonic DevelopmentModels, BiologicalAnimalsCell EngineeringHumansOrganogenesis3D matrixbioengineeringblastoidsembryonic developmentgastruloidsin vitro modelsmicrofluidicsoptogeneticsorganoidsstem cells

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PMID33979597
PMCPMC8185467

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