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ArticleCurrent treatment options in cardiovascular medicine2014

Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for cardiac repair.

Rahul Thakker, Phillip Yang

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Article in Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic Approaches in Genetic Diseases.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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  17. Inducing Endogenous Cardiac Regeneration: Can Biomaterials Connect the Dots?Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Rahul ThakkerDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, rthakker@stanford.edu.
Phillip Yang

Funding

Data Coordinating Center For The Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research NetworkUM1HL087318 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI DAVIS, BARRY R · 2012 to 2018
$29.8M
Cell Characterization and Imaging for Regenerative Therapies in Ischemic DiseasesUM1HL113456 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI YANG, PHILLIP CHUNG-MING · 2012 to 2018
$3.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS UM1 HL087318NHLBI NIH HHS UM1 HL113456
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementOwing to the prevalence of heart disease and the lack of effective long-term solutions for managing cardiac injury, research has turned to cell therapy as a potential mechanism for myocardial repair. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) in particular have become popular because their differentiative ability and their angiogenic and immunomodulatory properties make them attractive candidates for transplantation. However, there is still debate regarding the optimal strategy for the delivery of these cells. Recent clinical studies have isolated MSCs from a variety of tissue origins and have also tested the benefits of pretreatment with cardiogenic growth factors. Meanwhile, a newer school of thought instead supports the utilization of cardiomyocytes generated from MSC-derived induced pluripotent stem cells. This review will examine the promise of MSC therapy, discuss the results of past work, and propose steps that must be taken in the future.

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PMID24898315
PMCPMC4295923

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