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ReviewCurrent stem cell research & therapy2012

Mechanisms for progenitor cell-mediated repair for ischemic heart injury.

Shengwen Calvin Li, Julyana Acevedo, Lang Wang, Hong Jiang, Jane Luo, Richard G Pestell, William G Loudon, Anthony C Chang

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Review in Current stem cell research & therapy, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Shengwen Calvin LiCHOC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of California, Irrine, Orange, 92868, USA. shengwel@uci.edu
Julyana Acevedo
Lang Wang
Hong Jiang
Jane Luo
Richard G Pestell
William G Loudon
Anthony C Chang
Children's Hospital of Orange County · US

Funding

IDENTIFICATION OF CAVEOLIN-INTERACTING MOLECULESF32CA071326 · NCI · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI LI, SHENGWEN CALVIN · 1996 to 1998
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NCI NIH HHS F32 CA071326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have shown that treatments involving injection of stem cells into animals with damaged cardiac tissue result in improved cardiac functionality. Clinical trials have reported conflicting results concerning the recellularization of post-infarct collagen scars. No clear mechanism has so far emerged to fully explain how injected stem cells, specifically the commonly used mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and endothelial precursor cells (EPC), help heal a damaged heart. Clearly, these injected stem cells must survive and thrive in the hypoxic environment that results after injury for any significant repair to occur. Here we discuss how ischemic preconditioning may lead to increased tolerance of stem cells to these harsh conditions and increase their survival and clinical potential after injection. As injected cells must reach the site in numbers large enough for repair to be functionally significant, homing mechanisms involved in stem cell migration are also discussed. We review the mechanisms of action stem cells may employ once they arrive at their target destination. These possible mechanisms include that the injected stem cells (1) secrete growth factors, (2) differentiate into cardiomyocytes to recellularize damaged tissue and strengthen the post-infarct scar, (3) transdifferentiate the host cells into cardiomyocytes, and (4) induce neovascularization. Finally, we discuss that tissue engineering may provide a standardized platform technology to produce clinically applicable stem cell products with these desired mechanistic capacities.

Indexed as

Mesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationAnimalsApoptosisCell MovementCytokinesGraft SurvivalHumansImmunity, InnateMyocardial IschemiaNeovascularization, PhysiologicSignal TransductionStem CellsCytokines

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PMID21466480
PMCPMC6544365
OpenAlexW2078319956

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