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ReviewNature biotechnology2005

Regenerating the heart.

Michael A Laflamme, Charles E Murry

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Review in Nature biotechnology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06888973 (Mesenchymal Stem Cells Infusion in Patients With Autoimmune Diseases - A Phase II Clinical Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 345 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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345citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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.

NCT06888973 phase1 / phase2enrolling by invitationnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Mesenchymal Stem Cells Infusion in Patients With Autoimmune Diseases - A Phase II Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplant (NIBMT), PakistanRan2025 to 2026Enrolled200ConditionsRheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Systemic Sclerosis, Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)ArmsMesenchymal Stem Cells, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

345 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Clinical potential and current progress of mesenchymal stem cells for Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020
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  3. Stem cells in organogenesis and regeneration.Stem cell research & therapy · 2026
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  5. Refining the Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) Cryo-Injury Model for Cardiac Regeneration and Functional Characterization.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2025
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  6. Pluripotent stem cell-based approaches for heart repair and the potential of genetic modifications.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  19. Direct Cardiac Reprogramming in the Age of Computational Biology.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024
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285 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors.

Michael A LaflammeDepartment of Pathology, Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, 815 Mercer Street, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
Charles E Murry

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-based cardiac repair offers the promise of rebuilding the injured heart from its component parts. Work began with committed cells such as skeletal myoblasts, but recently the field has expanded to explore an array of cell types, including bone marrow cells, endothelial progenitors, mesenchymal stem cells, resident cardiac stem cells, and both mouse and human embryonic stem cells. A related strategy for cardiac repair involves cell mobilization with factors such as cytokines. Translation of cell-based approaches to the clinic has progressed rapidly, and clinical trials using autologous skeletal myoblasts and bone marrow cells are under way. Many challenges remain before the vision of healing an infarct by muscle regeneration can be realized. Future research is likely to focus on improving our ability to guide the differentiation of stem cells, control their survival and proliferation, identify factors that mediate their homing and modulate the heart's innate inflammatory and fibrotic responses.

Indexed as

RegenerationAnimalsEmbryo, MammalianHeartHeart DiseasesHumansMiceMultipotent Stem CellsMyoblasts, SkeletalStem CellsStem Cell TransplantationTissue Engineering

Identifiers

PMID16003373

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