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ArticleStem cell research & therapy2012

Can a young muscle's stem cell secretome prolong our lives?

Karl J A McCullagh

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Article in 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 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 47% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cell therapy to improve regeneration of skeletal muscle injuries.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2019
    Review
  2. Coaxing stem cells for skeletal muscle repair.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karl J A McCullaghDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine and Regenerative Medicine Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland. karl.mccullagh@nuigalway.ie
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ageing is a biological certainty for all living organisms, and is due to the loss of tissue homeostasis and regenerative capacity (except for newts) in which somatic stem cells are thought to play an important role. Many ageing-associated dysfunctions in stem cells have been described, but it remains ambiguous whether these are merely an outcome of ageing or are causal. Parabiotic animal studies suggest there are factors in the systemic environment that can influence the regenerative capacity of tissues. These factors can be altered by ageing, but it is not clear where these age-dependent factors are derived. A recent provocative study on muscle stem cells, in a mouse model of human progeria, proposes a mechanism that might provide answers to these fundamental ageing questions.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsCulture Media, ConditionedHumansLongevityMiceMuscle, SkeletalProgeriaRegenerationStem CellsCulture Media, Conditioned

Identifiers

PMID22643017
PMCPMC3392766
OpenAlexW2113458538

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Registered trials

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