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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Differentiating spermatogonia trigger somatic support cells to form septate junctions required for germ cell survival.

Cameron W Berry, Sarah R Stern, Hannah Vicars, Lorenzo Gallicchio, Margaret T Fuller

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cameron W BerryDepartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1096-2804
Sarah R SternDepartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6518-7289
Hannah VicarsDepartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3085-0669
Lorenzo GallicchioDepartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5040-0139
Margaret T FullerDepartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3804-4987
Stanford University · US

Funding

GENETICS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PHD CANDIDATEST32GM007790 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BRUNET, ANNE, KINGSLEY, DAVID M · 1985 to 2020
$12.8M
Regulation of proliferation and differentiation in the male germ line adult stem cell lineageR35GM136433 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MARGARET T FULLER · 2020 to 2026
$5.9M
Postgraduate Training Program in Epithelial BiologyT32AR007422 · NIAMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PAUL KHAVARI · 1986 to 2026
$5.0M
Regulation of Stem Cell Self-Renewal and DifferentiationR01GM080501 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FULLER, MARGARET T · 2007 to 2019
$3.8M
Developmentally programmed translational control of specialized cell cycles in male meiosisR01GM124054 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FULLER, MARGARET T · 2018 to 2019
$628k
NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR007422NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080501NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124054NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136433NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007790
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Male germ cells from insects to mammals differentiate in a privileged microenvironment created by stage-specific junctional seals between somatic support cells that isolate meiotic and postmeiotic germ cells from bodily fluids. Here we show that action of the

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Germ cell survivalSeptate JunctionsSomatic support cellsSpermatogenesis

Identifiers

PMID38617328
PMCPMC11014526
OpenAlexW4393901732

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