Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36055194›Full record

ArticleCell stem cell2022

Single-cell analysis of embryoids reveals lineage diversification roadmaps of early human development.

Yi Zheng, Robin Zhexuan Yan, Shiyu Sun, Mutsumi Kobayashi, Lifeng Xiang, Ran Yang, Alexander Goedel, Yu Kang, Xufeng Xue, Sajedeh Nasr Esfahani and 10 more

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cell stem cell, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Highly Biomimetic Ectodermal Epithelial Organoids for Epithelial Barrier Stimulation Assays.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Mechanisms of human germ cell development.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Bioengineering gradients for controlled embryo and organ modeling.Current opinion in biomedical engineering · 2025
    Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Pluripotent cell states and fates in human embryo models.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025
    Review
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

20 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Yi ZhengDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: yzheng88@syr.edu.
Robin Zhexuan YanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Shiyu SunDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Mutsumi KobayashiMassachusetts General Hospital Center for Cancer Research, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
Lifeng XiangDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.
Ran YangDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden.
Alexander GoedelDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden.
Yu KangState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
Xufeng XueDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Sajedeh Nasr EsfahaniDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Yue LiuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Agnes M Resto IrizarryDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Weisheng WuBRCF Bioinformatics Core, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Yunxiu LiDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.
Weizhi JiState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
Yuyu NiuState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
Kenneth R ChienDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden.
Tianqing LiState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
Toshihiro ShiodaMassachusetts General Hospital Center for Cancer Research, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jianping FuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: jpfu@umich.edu.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USKunming University of Science and Technology · CNKarolinska Institutet · SEFirst People's Hospital of Yunnan Province · CNCenter for Cancer Research · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Studying Origin of Human Primordial Germ Cells Using a Synthetic Stem Cell ModelR21HD100931 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FU, JIANPING · 2020 to 2021
$422k
Synthetic microfluidic synthesis of spinal cord tissues from human pluripotent stem cellsR21NS113518 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FU, JIANPING · 2019 to 2019
$422k
NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD100931NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS113518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite its clinical and fundamental importance, our understanding of early human development remains limited. Stem cell-derived, embryo-like structures (or embryoids) allowing studies of early development without using natural embryos can potentially help fill the knowledge gap of human development. Herein, transcriptome at the single-cell level of a human embryoid model was profiled at different time points. Molecular maps of lineage diversifications from the pluripotent human epiblast toward the amniotic ectoderm, primitive streak/mesoderm, and primordial germ cells were constructed and compared with in vivo primate data. The comparative transcriptome analyses reveal a critical role of NODAL signaling in human mesoderm and primordial germ cell specification, which is further functionally validated. Through comparative transcriptome analyses and validations with human blastocysts and in vitro cultured cynomolgus embryos, we further proposed stringent criteria for distinguishing between human blastocyst trophectoderm and early amniotic ectoderm cells.

Indexed as

Germ LayersSingle-Cell AnalysisAnimalsBlastocystCell LineageEctodermEmbryo, MammalianHumansamnionhuman embryoidmesodermmicrofluidicsNODAL signalingprimate developmentprimitive streakprimordial germ cellsingle-cell transcriptometrophoblast

Identifiers

PMID36055194
PMCPMC9499422
OpenAlexW4294118660

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.