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ReviewInternational journal of stem cells2022

Direct Conversion to Achieve Glial Cell Fates: Oligodendrocytes and Schwann Cells.

Wonjin Yun, Yong Jun Kim, Gabsang Lee

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Review in International journal of stem cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wonjin YunInstitute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Yong Jun KimDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
Gabsang LeeInstitute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USKyung Hee University · KR

Funding

Cell extrinsic factors' roles on direct conversion to human induced neural crestR01NS093213 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LEE, GABSANG · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS093213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glia have been known for its pivotal roles in physiological and pathological conditions in the nervous system. To study glial biology, multiple approaches have been applied to utilize glial cells for research, including stem cell-based technologies. Human glial cells differentiated from pluripotent stem cells are now available, allowing us to study the structural and functional roles of glia in the nervous system, although the efficiency is still low. Direct conversion is an advanced strategy governing fate conversion of diverse cell types directly into the desired lineage. This novel strategy stands as a promising approach for preliminary research and regenerative medicine. Direct conversion employs genetic and environmental cues to change cell fate to that with the required functional cell properties while retaining maturity-related molecular features. As an alternative method, it is now possible to obtain a variety of mature cell populations that could not be obtained using conventional differentiation methods. This review summarizes current achievements in obtaining glia, particularly oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells.

Indexed as

DifferentiationDirect conversionDisease modelingOligodendrocyteSchwann cell

Identifiers

PMID35220289
PMCPMC8889328
OpenAlexW4214750728

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