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ArticleTheranostics2012

Molecular imaging of stem cells: tracking survival, biodistribution, tumorigenicity, and immunogenicity.

Eugene Gu, Wen-Yi Chen, Jay Gu, Paul Burridge, Joseph C Wu

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Article in Theranostics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 120 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Eugene Gu1. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology.
Wen-Yi Chen
Jay Gu
Paul Burridge
Joseph C Wu
University of California, Los Angeles · USStanford University · USUniversity Of Medicine 1 Yangon · MM

Funding

Molecular Imaging of Cardiac Stem Cell TherapyR01EB009689 · NIBIB · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WU, JOSEPH C. · 2010 to 2013
$1.4M
Molecular Imaging of Resident Cardiac Stem CellsRC1HL099117 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WU, JOSEPH C. · 2009 to 2010
$1000k
NHLBI NIH HHS RC1 HL099117NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB009689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Being able to self-renew and differentiate into virtually all cell types, both human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have exciting therapeutic implications for myocardial infarction, neurodegenerative disease, diabetes, and other disorders involving irreversible cell loss. However, stem cell biology remains incompletely understood despite significant advances in the field. Inefficient stem cell differentiation, difficulty in verifying successful delivery to the target organ, and problems with engraftment all hamper the transition from laboratory animal studies to human clinical trials. Although traditional histopathological techniques have been the primary approach for ex vivo analysis of stem cell behavior, these postmortem examinations are unable to further elucidate the underlying mechanisms in real time and in vivo. Fortunately, the advent of molecular imaging has led to unprecedented progress in understanding the fundamental behavior of stem cells, including their survival, biodistribution, immunogenicity, and tumorigenicity in the targeted tissues of interest. This review summarizes various molecular imaging technologies and how they have advanced the current understanding of stem cell survival, biodistribution, immunogenicity, and tumorigenicity.

Indexed as

biodistributionimmunogenicitymolecular imagingstem cell therapysurvivaltumorigenicity

Identifiers

PMID22509197
PMCPMC3326720
OpenAlexW2118639774

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