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ReviewBioMed research international2014

Stem cell transplantation for muscular dystrophy: the challenge of immune response.

Sara Martina Maffioletti, Maddalena Noviello, Karen English, Francesco Saverio Tedesco

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Review in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Stem/progenitor cell-based therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  6. Comprehensive analysis of mJournal of translational medicine · 2023
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  13. Skeletal muscle cell transplantation: models and methods.Journal of muscle research and cell motility · 2020
    Article
  14. Pericytes in Muscular Dystrophies.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2019
    Article
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sara Martina MaffiolettiDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6DE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2722-670X
Maddalena NovielloExperimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Karen EnglishInstitute of Immunology, Department of Biology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-7932-4256
Francesco Saverio TedescoDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6DE, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5321-7682
University College London · GBNational University of Ireland, Maynooth · IEVita-Salute San Raffaele University · IT

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/J006785/1Medical Research Council MR/L002752/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treating muscle disorders poses several challenges to the rapidly evolving field of regenerative medicine. Considerable progress has been made in isolating, characterizing, and expanding myogenic stem cells and, although we are now envisaging strategies to generate very large numbers of transplantable cells (e.g., by differentiating induced pluripotent stem cells), limitations directly linked to the interaction between transplanted cells and the host will continue to hamper a successful outcome. Among these limitations, host inflammatory and immune responses challenge the critical phases after cell delivery, including engraftment, migration, and differentiation. Therefore, it is key to study the mechanisms and dynamics that impair the efficacy of cell transplants in order to develop strategies that can ultimately improve the outcome of allogeneic and autologous stem cell therapies, in particular for severe disease such as muscular dystrophies. In this review we provide an overview of the main players and issues involved in this process and discuss potential approaches that might be beneficial for future regenerative therapies of skeletal muscle.

Indexed as

Stem Cell TransplantationAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell MovementClinical Trials as TopicDisease Models, AnimalHumansImmune SystemInflammationMuscle, SkeletalMuscular DystrophiesRegenerationRegenerative MedicineStem Cells

Identifiers

PMID25054157
PMCPMC4098613
OpenAlexW1991145553

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