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ReviewWorld journal of stem cells2014

Mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of aortic aneurysms.

Aika Yamawaki-Ogata, Ryotaro Hashizume, Xian-Ming Fu, Akihiko Usui, Yuji Narita

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Review in World journal of stem cells, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aika Yamawaki-OgataAika Yamawaki-Ogata, Xian-Ming Fu, Akihiko Usui, Yuji Narita, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
Ryotaro HashizumeAika Yamawaki-Ogata, Xian-Ming Fu, Akihiko Usui, Yuji Narita, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
Xian-Ming FuAika Yamawaki-Ogata, Xian-Ming Fu, Akihiko Usui, Yuji Narita, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
Akihiko UsuiAika Yamawaki-Ogata, Xian-Ming Fu, Akihiko Usui, Yuji Narita, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
Yuji NaritaAika Yamawaki-Ogata, Xian-Ming Fu, Akihiko Usui, Yuji Narita, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
Nagoya University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An aortic aneurysm (AA) is a silent but life-threatening disease that involves rupture. It occurs mainly in aging and severe atherosclerotic damage of the aortic wall. Even though surgical intervention is effective to prevent rupture, surgery for the thoracic and thoraco-abdominal aorta is an invasive procedure with high mortality and morbidity. Therefore, an alternative strategy for treatment of AA is required. Recently, the molecular pathology of AA has been clarified. AA is caused by an imbalance between the synthesis and degradation of extracellular matrices in the aortic wall. Chronic inflammation enhances the degradation of matrices directly and indirectly, making control of the chronic inflammation crucial for aneurysmal development. Meanwhile, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are known to be obtained from an adult population and to differentiate into various types of cells. In addition, MSCs have not only the potential anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties but also can be recruited into damaged tissue. MSCs have been widely used as a source for cell therapy to treat various diseases involving graft-versus-host disease, stroke, myocardial infarction, and chronic inflammatory disease such as Crohn's disease clinically. Therefore, administration of MSCs might be available to treat AA using anti-inflammatory and immnosuppressive properties. This review provides a summary of several studies on "Cell Therapy for Aortic Aneurysm" including our recent data, and we also discuss the possibility of this kind of treatment.

Indexed as

Aortic aneurysmCell therapyChronic inflammationElastinExtracellular matricesMacrophagesMatrix metalloproteinasesMesenchymal stem cells

Identifiers

PMID25067996
PMCPMC4109132
OpenAlexW2090372122

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