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ArticleDevelopmental cell2023

Single-cell analysis of the developing human ovary defines distinct insights into ovarian somatic and germline progenitors.

Sissy E Wamaitha, Xichen Nie, Erica C Pandolfi, Xiaoyan Wang, Yifan Yang, Jan-Bernd Stukenborg, Bradley R Cairns, Jingtao Guo, Amander T Clark

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Article in Developmental cell, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Sissy E WamaithaDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Xichen NieDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Oncological Sciences and Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Erica C PandolfiDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Xiaoyan WangState Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Beijing Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Yifan YangNORDFERTIL Research Laboratory Stockholm, Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Bioclinicum J9:30, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Solna 17164, Sweden.
Jan-Bernd StukenborgNORDFERTIL Research Laboratory Stockholm, Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Bioclinicum J9:30, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Solna 17164, Sweden.
Bradley R CairnsHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Oncological Sciences and Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Jingtao GuoDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Beijing Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. Electronic address: jingtao.guo@ioz.ac.cn.
Amander T ClarkDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: clarka@ucla.edu.
Broad Center · USKarolinska University Hospital · SEHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USInstitute of Zoology · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

LABORATORY OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGYR24HD000836 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Ian Amos Glass · 1995 to 2026
$16.9M
UPLIFT: UCLA Postdocs' Longitudinal Investment in Faculty TrainingK12GM106996 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CAREY, MICHAEL F, VILLANUEVA, CLAUDIO J · 2016 to 2025
$7.1M
Differentiating embryonic stem cells into developing germ lineR01HD079546 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CLARK, AMANDER · 2015 to 2024
$3.7M
Molecular, Epigenetic and Genomic Approaches to Understand Mechanisms of Aging in the Human TestisR01AG069725 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI CAIRNS, BRADLEY R. · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG069725NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD079546NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD000836NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM106996
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Formation of either an ovary or a testis during human embryonic life is one of the most important sex-specific events leading to the emergence of secondary sexual characteristics and sex assignment of babies at birth. Our study focused on the sex-specific and sex-indifferent characteristics of the prenatal ovarian stromal cells, cortical cords, and germline, with the discovery that the ovarian mesenchymal cells of the stroma are transcriptionally indistinguishable from the mesenchymal cells of the testicular interstitium. We found that first-wave pre-granulosa cells emerge at week 7 from early supporting gonadal cells with stromal identity and are spatially defined by KRT19 levels. We also identified rare transient state f0 spermatogonia cells within the ovarian cords between weeks 10 and 16. Taken together, our work illustrates a unique plasticity of the embryonic ovary during human development.

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GonadsOvaryFemaleGerm CellsHumansInfant, NewbornMaleSingle-Cell AnalysisTestisgerm cellsgerm linegranulosa cellsovary developmentpre-granulosa cellstestis development

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PMID37582368
PMCPMC10615783
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