Talk:Hofbauer cell

The Hofbauer cell is a large cell found in the connective tissue of the chorionic villi. It also appears to be a type of phagocyte.

hofbauer cells are now implicated in maternal fetal transmission of zika virus. JCI Insight. 2016;1(13):e88461. doi:10.1172/jci.insight.88461. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.96.9.39 (talk) 13:21, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Suggestion: Changes to Biographical Details of J. Hofbauer (potential COI due to suggestion of reference to personal blog)
Hello fellow editors! I recently wrote an article on my website concerning the scientist for whom Hofbauer cells are named after - namely J. Hofbauer. Please find this article at this address. Based on my research into his biographical life I'd like to suggest three edits referenced back to my secondary-source production: 1.) Nearly every record suggests that his birthday was in 1871 rather than 1878 as is currently suggested. 2.) Hofbauer spent his early career (at least the first twenty years) in Germany at the University of Königsberg. He moved to the U.S. to work at Johns Hopkins in the early 1920s and eventually obtained American citizenship. Based on his biography I would classify him as "German-American." Much of his research output is written in German - this descriptor would help others to search for these if they are interested. 3.) It has been questioned in reviews why exactly the cells are named after Hofbauer cells. Based on the paper record it is likely that this is due to Hofbauer's nearly two-page description of the cell type in his book on the Biology of the Human Placenta. Thank you for your consideration. MakeTheBrainHappy (talk) 00:37, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for publishing about this interesting individual. Unfortunately I can't use your blog as a source due to Wikipedia's prohibition on self-published sources. This isn't a reflection on the truth or otherwise of your blog! For edit 1, the birth date: the article presently cites a medical dictionary published in 2006. You cite FindAGrave for the earlier date, which may well be right, but I would think Wikipedia has to put more trust in a published book than a community-edited site such as FindAGrave. Are there better sources you can point to for the birth date? For edit 2: I've made this change but if he was born in Austria rather than Germany wouldn't Austrian-American be more appropriate? Edit 3: I want to be absolutely clear what you're asking here. Can you be more specific about what change you want made to the article? Something of the form "replace [x] with [y] with [z] as the citation?" Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 16:28, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Sounds ok. In terms of edit 1 - I personally linked to FindMyGrave because that gave the specific birthday date. You can back-calculate the year from many other sources including his NYT obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1961/03/15/archives/dr-isfred-hofbauer-a-gynecologist-89.html which mentioned that his age was 89 in 1961 which would automatically render the birthday around 1871-1872 instead of 1878. His census records also indicate this (although those are behind even more stringent paywalls). For edit 2 I would consider whether his birthplace or where he conducted his professional work is more important. The vast majority of his work was conducted in Germany and America rather than in Austria. However Austrian-American may still a more appropriate description. For edit 3 I would suggest a statement like this: "They are named after J. Isfred Isidore Hofbauer, a German-American gynecologist (1871-1961), due to his two-page description of the cell type within his book "Biology of the Human Placenta with a special emphasis on the question of fetal nourishment"" https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006744605. This would be essentially a description for why exactly Hofbauer cells are named after him. Hope that clarifies things! MakeTheBrainHappy (talk) 16:57, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The New York Times obituary is a persuasive argument, so I've changed the birth year. I've also added a mention of the book, not in the exact phrasing you suggest. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 18:05, 5 October 2020 (UTC)