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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2013

Thinking outside the liver: induced pluripotent stem cells for hepatic applications.

Mekala Subba Rao, Mitnala Sasikala, D Nageshwar Reddy

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  7. Regenerative Medicine and the Biliary Tree.Seminars in liver disease · 2017
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  10. Development and characterization of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cholangiocytes.Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2015
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  12. In vitro platforms for evaluating liver toxicity.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2014
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  14. Cellular therapy for liver disease.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2014
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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.

Mekala Subba RaoInstitute of Basic Sciences and Translational Research, Asian Healthcare Foundation, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad 500082, India.
Mitnala Sasikala
D Nageshwar Reddy

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) unraveled a mystery in stem cell research, after identification of four re-programming factors for generating pluripotent stem cells without the need of embryos. This breakthrough in generating iPSCs from somatic cells has overcome the ethical issues and immune rejection involved in the use of human embryonic stem cells. Hence, iPSCs form a great potential source for developing disease models, drug toxicity screening and cell-based therapies. These cells have the potential to differentiate into desired cell types, including hepatocytes, under in vitro as well as under in vivo conditions given the proper microenvironment. iPSC-derived hepatocytes could be useful as an unlimited source, which can be utilized in disease modeling, drug toxicity testing and producing autologous cell therapies that would avoid immune rejection and enable correction of gene defects prior to cell transplantation. In this review, we discuss the induction methods, role of reprogramming factors, and characterization of iPSCs, along with hepatocyte differentiation from iPSCs and potential applications. Further, we discuss the location and detection of liver stem cells and their role in liver regeneration. Although tumor formation and genetic mutations are a cause of concern, iPSCs still form a promising source for clinical applications.

Indexed as

HepatocytesInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsLiverLiver RegenerationAnimalsCell DifferentiationGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansLiver DiseasesToxicity TestsTranscription FactorsTreatment OutcomeTranscription FactorsClinical applicationsDisease modelingDrug toxicityHepatocytesLiver stem cellsPatient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes

Identifiers

PMID23801830
PMCPMC3683676

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