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ReviewBirth defects research. Part B, Developmental and reproductive toxicology2014

Xenotransplantation models to study the effects of toxicants on human fetal tissues.

Daniel J Spade, Elizabeth V McDonnell, Nicholas E Heger, Jennifer A Sanders, Camelia M Saffarini, Philip A Gruppuso, Monique E De Paepe, Kim Boekelheide

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Review in Birth defects research. Part B, Developmental and reproductive toxicology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel J SpadeDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Elizabeth V McDonnell
Nicholas E Heger
Jennifer A Sanders
Camelia M Saffarini
Philip A Gruppuso
Monique E De Paepe
Kim Boekelheide
Brown University · USRhode Island Hospital · USWomen & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island · US

Funding

TRAINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL PATHOLOGYT32ES007272 · NIEHS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI ZHITKOVICH, ANATOLY · 1992 to 2021
$7.5M
Molecular Mechanism of Human Fetal Testis Susceptibility to Endocrine DisruptionR01ES017272 · NIEHS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI BOEKELHEIDE, KIM · 2010 to 2014
$2.7M
Xenotransplant CoreP20ES018169 · NIEHS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI BOEKELHEIDE, KIM · 2010 to 2012
$985k
NIEHS NIH HHS P20 ES018169NIEHS NIH HHS P20-ES018169NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES017272NIEHS NIH HHS R01-ES017272NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007272NIEHS NIH HHS T32-ES007272
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many diseases that manifest throughout the lifetime are influenced by factors affecting fetal development. Fetal exposure to xenobiotics, in particular, may influence the development of adult diseases. Established animal models provide systems for characterizing both developmental biology and developmental toxicology. However, animal model systems do not allow researchers to assess the mechanistic effects of toxicants on developing human tissue. Human fetal tissue xenotransplantation models have recently been implemented to provide human-relevant mechanistic data on the many tissue-level functions that may be affected by fetal exposure to toxicants. This review describes the development of human fetal tissue xenotransplant models for testis, prostate, lung, liver, and adipose tissue, aimed at studying the effects of xenobiotics on tissue development, including implications for testicular dysgenesis, prostate disease, lung disease, and metabolic syndrome. The mechanistic data obtained from these models can complement data from epidemiology, traditional animal models, and in vitro studies to quantify the risks of toxicant exposures during human development.

Indexed as

Tissue TransplantationTransplantation, HeterologousAnimalsFetal DevelopmentHumansMaleMiceModels, AnimalRatsXenobioticsXenobioticsdevelopmenttoxicityxenobioticsxenotransplants

Identifiers

PMID25477288
PMCPMC4526820
OpenAlexW1899633488

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