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ArticleeLife2021

Fish primary embryonic pluripotent cells assemble into retinal tissue mirroring in vivo early eye development.

Lucie Zilova, Venera Weinhardt, Tinatini Tavhelidse, Christina Schlagheck, Thomas Thumberger, Joachim Wittbrodt

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lucie Zilova *Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6404-9119
Venera Weinhardt *Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9774-3833
Tinatini TavhelidseCentre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6103-9019
Christina SchlagheckCentre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1311-5945
Thomas ThumbergerCentre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8485-457X
Joachim WittbrodtCentre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8550-7377
Heidelberg University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organoids derived from pluripotent stem cells promise the solution to current challenges in basic and biomedical research. Mammalian organoids are however limited by long developmental time, variable success, and lack of direct comparison to an in vivo reference. To overcome these limitations and address species-specific cellular organization, we derived organoids from rapidly developing teleosts. We demonstrate how primary embryonic pluripotent cells from medaka and zebrafish efficiently assemble into anterior neural structures, particularly retina. Within 4 days, blastula-stage cell aggregates reproducibly execute key steps of eye development: retinal specification, morphogenesis, and differentiation. The number of aggregated cells and genetic factors crucially impacted upon the concomitant morphological changes that were intriguingly reflecting the in vivo situation. High efficiency and rapid development of fish-derived organoids in combination with advanced genome editing techniques immediately allow addressing aspects of development and disease, and systematic probing of impact of the physical environment on morphogenesis and differentiation.

Indexed as

OrganogenesisAnimalsCell DifferentiationEmbryonic Stem CellsHumansMorphogenesisOrganoidsOryziasPluripotent Stem CellsRetinaZebrafishdevelopmental biologyin vitro organogenesismedakaorganoidsregenerative medicineretinastem cellszebrafish

Identifiers

PMID34252023
PMCPMC8275126
OpenAlexW3177652111

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