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ReviewTrends in cell biology2022

Bidirectional communication in oogenesis: a dynamic conversation in mice and Drosophila.

Caroline A Doherty, Farners Amargant, Stanislav Y Shvartsman, Francesca E Duncan, Elizabeth R Gavis

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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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

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. A decline in follicle cell function is a major driver ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  17. Mammalian oocytes receive maternal-effect RNAs from granulosa cells.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Caroline A DohertyDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA; Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Farners AmargantDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Stanislav Y ShvartsmanDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA; Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA; Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: stas@princeton.edu.
Francesca E DuncanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: f-duncan@northwestern.edu.
Elizabeth R GavisDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. Electronic address: gavis@princeton.edu.

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM007388 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI CRISTEA, ILEANA M. · 1985 to 2022
$27.4M
Mechanisms of mRNA localization and translational control in Drosophila developmentR35GM126967 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI ELIZABETH R GAVIS · 2018 to 2026
$5.9M
Collective dynamics in cell clustersR01GM134204 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Stanislav Y. Shvartsman · 2019 to 2026
$2.6M
Oocyte genomic instability as a driver of the aging ovarian innate immune responseR01HD105752 · NICHD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI DUNCAN, FRANCESCA E., GERTON, JENNIFER L · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
Homeostatic to reactive hyaluronan matrices in ovarian reproductive agingR01HD093726 · NICHD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI DUNCAN, FRANCESCA E., PRITCHARD, MICHELE T · 2018 to 2022
$1.6M
Extremely Long Lived Proteins and Female Reproductive AgingR21HD098498 · NICHD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI DUNCAN, FRANCESCA E., SAVAS, JEFFREY NICHOLAS · 2019 to 2020
$460k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD093726NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD105752NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD098498NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM134204NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM126967NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007388
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In most animals, the oocyte is the largest cell by volume. The oocyte undergoes a period of large-scale growth during its development, prior to fertilization. At first glance, tissues that support the development of the oocyte in different organisms have diverse cellular characteristics that would seem to prohibit functional comparisons. However, these tissues often act with a common goal of establishing dynamic forms of two-way communication with the oocyte. We propose that this bidirectional communication between oocytes and support cells is a universal phenomenon that can be directly compared across species. Specifically, we highlight fruit fly and mouse oogenesis to demonstrate that similarities and differences in these systems should be used to inform and design future experiments in both models.

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DrosophilaOogenesisAnimalsCommunicationHumansMiceOocytesbidirectional communicationfolliculogenesisoogenesisreproductive aging

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PMID34922803
PMCPMC8917990

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