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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2022

Sertoli Cell-Germ Cell Interactions Within the Niche: Paracrine and Juxtacrine Molecular Communications.

Marie-Claude Hofmann, Elena McBeath

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Differential retinoic acid responses across testicular developmentbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  10. In vitro models of the male reproductive system: applications for developmental and reproductive toxicology.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025
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  13. Junctional adhesion molecule-C: A multifunctional mediator of cell adhesion.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2025
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  14. Germ cells and the aging niche: a systems approach to reproductive longevity.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025
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  16. Sertoli cells as a hub in testicular development and male reproductive.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  20. Hormone Regulation in Testicular Development and Function.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marie-Claude HofmannDepartment of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Elena McBeathDepartment of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Molecular Regulation of the Perinatal Male Germ Cell NicheR01HD081244 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI HOFMANN, MARIE-CLAUDE CATHERINE · 2014 to 2018
$1.6M
Role of BHC80 in spermatogenesisR03HD101650 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI HOFMANN, MARIE-CLAUDE CATHERINE · 2020 to 2021
$162k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD081244NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD101650
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Male germ cell development depends on multiple biological events that combine epigenetic reprogramming, cell cycle regulation, and cell migration in a spatio-temporal manner. Sertoli cells are a crucial component of the spermatogonial stem cell niche and provide essential growth factors and chemokines to developing germ cells. This review focuses mainly on the activation of master regulators of the niche in Sertoli cells and their targets, as well as on novel molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of growth and differentiation factors such as GDNF and retinoic acid by NOTCH signaling and other pathways.

Indexed as

Sertoli CellsSpermatogoniaCell CommunicationCell DifferentiationHumansMaleStem Cell Nichedifferentiationgerm cellgrowth factorsself-renewalSertoli cell

Identifiers

PMID35757413
PMCPMC9226676
OpenAlexW4281929552

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