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ReviewCurrent pharmaceutical design2013

Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells: a new ''cells as drugs'' paradigm. Efficacy and critical aspects in cell therapy.

Laura de Girolamo, Enrico Lucarelli, Giulio Alessandri, Maria Antonietta Avanzini, Maria Ester Bernardo, Ettore Biagi, Anna Teresa Brini, Giovanna D'Amico, Franca Fagioli, Ivana Ferrero and 7 more

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Review in Current pharmaceutical design, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
86citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.5field-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

86 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

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26 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

17 authors at 13 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura de GirolamoLaboratorio di Biotecnologie applicate all'Ortopedia, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy
Enrico Lucarelli
Giulio Alessandri
Maria Antonietta Avanzini
Maria Ester Bernardo
Ettore Biagi
Anna Teresa Brini
Giovanna D'Amico
Franca Fagioli
Ivana Ferrero
Franco Locatelli
Rita Maccario
Mario Marazzi
Ornella Parolini
Augusto Pessina
Maria Luisa Torre
Italian Mesenchymal Stem Cell Group
University of Milan · ITPoliclinico San Matteo Fondazione · ITAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda · ITBambino Gesù Children's Hospital · ITBoston Children's Hospital · USFondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta · ITFondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero · ITHouston Methodist · USIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITIstituto Ortopedico Galeazzi · ITOspedale Sant'Anna · ITUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · ITUniversity of Pavia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were first isolated more than 50 years ago from the bone marrow. Currently MSCs may also be isolated from several alternative sources and they have been used in more than a hundred clinical trials worldwide to treat a wide variety of diseases. The MSCs mechanism of action is undefined and currently under investigation. For in vivo purposes MSCs must be produced in compliance with good manufacturing practices and this has stimulated research on MSCs characterization and safety. The objective of this review is to describe recent developments regarding MSCs properties, physiological effects, delivery, clinical applications and possible side effects.

Indexed as

Cell- and Tissue-Based TherapyHumansImmunophenotypingMesenchymal Stem Cells

Identifiers

PMID23278600
PMCPMC3788322
OpenAlexW2137571679

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