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ReviewHistology and histopathology2022

The PI3K/AKT signaling pathway: How does it regulate development of Sertoli cells and spermatogenic cells?

Kuang-Qi Chen, Bang-Hong Wei, Shuang-Li Hao, Wan-Xi Yang

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Review in Histology and histopathology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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47citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 43 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kuang-Qi Chen *Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Bang-Hong Wei *The Sperm Laboratory, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Shuang-Li HaoThe Sperm Laboratory, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. haosli0620761@zju.edu.cn.
Wan-Xi YangThe Sperm Laboratory, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. wxyang@spermlab.org.
Zhejiang University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32072954National Natural Science Foundation of China 32102786
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The PI3K/AKT signaling pathway is one of the most crucial regulatory mechanisms in animal cells, which can mainly regulate proliferation, survival and anti-apoptosis in cell lines. In the seminiferous epithelium, most studies were concentrated on the role of PI3K/AKT signaling in immature Sertoli cells (SCs) and spermatogonia stem cells (SSCs). PI3K/AKT signaling can facilitate the proliferation and anti-apoptosis of immature Sertoli cells and spermatogenic cells. Besides, in mature Sertoli cells, this pathway can disintegrate the structure of the blood-testis barrier (BTB) via regulatory protein synthesis and the cytoskeleton of Sertoli cells. All of these effects can directly and indirectly maintain and promote spermatogenesis in male testis.

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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSertoli CellsAnimalsMalePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesSeminiferous EpitheliumSignal TransductionSpermatogenesisTestisPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt

Identifiers

PMID35388905
OpenAlexW4226060906

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