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ArticleStem cells translational medicine2014

Should publications on mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells include in-process data on the preparation of the cells?

Roxanne L Reger, Darwin J Prockop

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Article in Stem cells translational medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Gene: X · 2020
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  4. Biological Therapies in Regenerative Sports Medicine.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Roxanne L RegerInstitute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, USA.
Darwin J Prockop

Funding

Preparation and Distribution of Adult Stem CellsP40OD011050 · OD · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI PROCKOP, DARWIN JOHNSON · 2012 to 2017
$6.0M
NIH HHS P40 OD011050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There has been great interest in research and clinical trials with the adult stem/progenitor cells referred to as mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs). However, there are no definitive markers for the cells and no assays that would reflect the therapeutic efficacy of the cells in vivo. There are in effect no adequate release criteria that define the quality or efficacy of the cells. The problems are compounded by the fact that a variety of different protocols has been used to isolate the cells and expand them in culture. The result is that many publications have used MSCs with different properties, frequently without the investigators being aware of the differences. As a partial solution to these problems, we have devised a simple table to record in-process data on the preparation of MSCs. We suggest that comparisons of data generated by different laboratories would be facilitated if similar in-process data, probably as supplemental materials, were included in publications using MSCs.

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AdultCell SeparationHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsPeriodicals as TopicCriteriaHeterogeneityPlasticity

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PMID24692588
PMCPMC4006492

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