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ArticleCommunications biology2023

Diverse but unique astrocytic phenotypes during embryonic stem cell differentiation, culturing and development.

Kiara Freitag, Pascale Eede, Andranik Ivanov, Nele Sterczyk, Shirin Schneeberger, Tatiana Borodina, Sascha Sauer, Dieter Beule, Frank L Heppner

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Article in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Kiara Freitag *Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neuropathology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5244-3140
Pascale Eede *Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neuropathology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Andranik IvanovCore Unit Bioinformatics, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité - University Hospital Berlin, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Nele SterczykCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neuropathology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Shirin SchneebergerCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neuropathology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Tatiana BorodinaScientific Genomics Platforms, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in the Helmholtz Society, Berlin, Germany and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany.
Sascha SauerScientific Genomics Platforms, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in the Helmholtz Society, Berlin, Germany and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4794-3693
Dieter BeuleCore Unit Bioinformatics, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité - University Hospital Berlin, 10117, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3284-0632
Frank L HeppnerCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neuropathology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany. frank.heppner@charite.de.ORCID 0000-0001-9816-8917
Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEFederal Foreign Office · DEMax Delbrück Center · DEGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEHelmholtz Association of German Research Centres · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes are resident glial cells of the central nervous system (CNS) that play complex and heterogeneous roles in brain development, homeostasis and disease. Since their vast involvement in health and disease is becoming increasingly recognized, suitable and reliable tools for studying these cells in vivo and in vitro are of utmost importance. One of the key challenges hereby is to adequately mimic their context-dependent in vivo phenotypes and functions in vitro. To better understand the spectrum of astrocytic variations in defined settings we performed a side-by-side-comparison of murine embryonic stem cell (ESC)-derived astrocytes as well as primary neonatal and adult astrocytes, revealing major differences on a functional and transcriptomic level, specifically on proliferation, migration, calcium signaling and cilium activity. Our results highlight the need to carefully consider the choice of astrocyte origin and phenotype with respect to age, isolation and culture protocols based on the respective biological question.

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AstrocytesNeurogliaAnimalsCell DifferentiationCentral Nervous SystemEmbryonic Stem CellsMice

Identifiers

PMID36639529
PMCPMC9839673
OpenAlexW4315865744

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