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ReviewStem cell research & therapy2010

Growth factor regulation of proliferation and survival of multipotential stromal cells.

Melanie Rodrigues, Linda G Griffith, Alan Wells

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Review in Stem cell research & therapy, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 134 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
134citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

134 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 298 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melanie RodriguesDepartment of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, S713 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA. mer68@pitt.edu
Linda G Griffith
Alan Wells
University of Pittsburgh · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Spatial Segregation of Cell Functioning During MotilityR01GM069668 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WELLS, ALAN · 2004 to 2019
$4.7M
Dermal-Epidermal Communication during Wound HealingR01GM063569 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WELLS, ALAN · 2003 to 2018
$3.7M
Perfused 3D Tissue Surrogates for Complex Cell-Cell Communication SystemsR01EB010246 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GRIFFITH, LINDA G · 2009 to 2013
$3.3M
Bioengineering Polymers for Parsing Cell ResponsesR01DE019523 · NIDCR · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GRIFFITH, LINDA G · 2008 to 2012
$1.7M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB010246NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE019523NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM063569NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM069668
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multipotential stromal cells (MSCs) have been touted to provide an alternative to conservative procedures of therapy, be it heart transplants, bone reconstruction, kidney grafts, or skin, neuronal and cartilage repair. A wide gap exists, however, between the number of MSCs that can be obtained from the donor site and the number of MSCs needed for implantation to regenerate tissue. Standard methods of MSC expansion being followed in laboratories are not fully suitable due to time and age-related constraints for autologous therapies, and transplant issues leave questions for allogenic therapies. Beyond these issues of sufficient numbers, there also exists a problem of MSC survival at the graft. Experiments in small animals have shown that MSCs do not persist well in the graft environment. Either there is no incorporation into the host tissue, or, if there is incorporation, most of the cells are lost within a month. The use of growth and other trophic factors may be helpful in counteracting these twin issues of MSC expansion and death. Growth factors are known to influence cell proliferation, motility, survival and morphogenesis. In the case of MSCs, it would be beneficial that the growth factor does not induce differentiation at an early stage since the number of early-differentiating progenitors would be very low. The present review looks at the effect of and downstream signaling of various growth factors on proliferation and survival in MSCs.

Indexed as

Mesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCell SurvivalEpidermal Growth FactorFibroblast Growth FactorsHepatocyte Growth FactorHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMesenchymal Stem CellsPlatelet-Derived Growth FactorRegenerationTransforming Growth Factor betaVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AWnt ProteinsEpidermal Growth FactorFibroblast Growth FactorsHepatocyte Growth FactorIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsPlatelet-Derived Growth FactorTransforming Growth Factor betaVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AWnt Proteins

Identifiers

PMID20977782
PMCPMC2983445
OpenAlexW2061479570

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