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ArticleCurrent research in toxicology2022

Pluripotent stem cell assays: Modalities and applications for predictive developmental toxicity.

Aldert H Piersma, Nancy C Baker, George P Daston, Burkhard Flick, Michio Fujiwara, Thomas B Knudsen, Horst Spielmann, Noriyuki Suzuki, Katya Tsaioun, Hajime Kojima

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Article in Current research in toxicology, 2022. 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
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 22 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

10 authors at 10 institutions in 4 countries.

Aldert H PiersmaCenter for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Nancy C BakerLeidos, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
George P DastonGlobal Product Stewardship, The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Burkhard FlickExperimental Toxicology and Ecology, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
Michio FujiwaraDrug Safety Research Labs, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tsukuba-shi, Japan.
Thomas B KnudsenCenter for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, USA.
Horst SpielmannInstitute for Pharmacy, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany.
Noriyuki SuzukiCell Science Group Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Katya TsaiounEvidence-Based Toxicology Collaboration at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Hajime KojimaNational Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki, Japan.
Astellas Pharma (Japan) · JPBASF (Germany) · DEFreie Universität Berlin · DEJohns Hopkins University · USLeidos (United States) · USNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NLNational Institute of Health Sciences · JPProcter & Gamble (United States) · USResearch Triangle Park Foundation · USSumitomo Chemical (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This manuscript provides a review focused on embryonic stem cell-based models and their place within the landscape of alternative developmental toxicity assays. Against the background of the principles of developmental toxicology, the wide diversity of alternative methods using pluripotent stem cells developed in this area over the past half century is reviewed. In order to provide an overview of available models, a systematic scoping review was conducted following a published protocol with inclusion criteria, which were applied to select the assays. Critical aspects including biological domain, readout endpoint, availability of standardized protocols, chemical domain, reproducibility and predictive power of each assay are described in detail, in order to review the applicability and limitations of the platform in general and progress moving forward to implementation. The horizon of innovative routes of promoting regulatory implementation of alternative methods is scanned, and recommendations for further work are given.

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Developmental toxicityEmbryonic stem cell testPredictive toxicologyTeratogenesis

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PMID35633891
PMCPMC9130094
OpenAlexW4280521049

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