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SynthesisStem cells translational medicine2014

High incidence of contaminating maternal cell overgrowth in human placental mesenchymal stem/stromal cell cultures: a systematic review.

Celena F Heazlewood, Helen Sherrell, Jennifer Ryan, Kerry Atkinson, Christine A Wells, Nicholas M Fisk

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Synthesis 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 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Celena F HeazlewoodAustralian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology at the Translational Research Institute, and Centre for Advanced Prenatal Care, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom c.heazlewood1@uq.edu.au.
Helen SherrellAustralian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology at the Translational Research Institute, and Centre for Advanced Prenatal Care, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Jennifer RyanAustralian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology at the Translational Research Institute, and Centre for Advanced Prenatal Care, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Kerry AtkinsonAustralian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology at the Translational Research Institute, and Centre for Advanced Prenatal Care, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Christine A WellsAustralian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology at the Translational Research Institute, and Centre for Advanced Prenatal Care, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Nicholas M FiskAustralian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology at the Translational Research Institute, and Centre for Advanced Prenatal Care, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Placenta is a readily accessible translationally advantageous source of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) currently used in cryobanking and clinical trials. MSCs cultured from human chorion have been widely assumed to be fetal in origin, despite evidence that placental MSCs may be contaminated with maternal cells, resulting in entirely maternally derived MSC cultures. To document the frequency and determinants of maternal cell contamination in chorionic MSCs, we undertook a PRISMA-compliant systematic review of publications in the PubMed, Medline, and Embase databases (January 2000 to July 2013) on placental and/or chorionic MSCs from uncomplicated pregnancies. Of 147 studies, only 26 (18%) investigated fetal and/or maternal cell origin. After excluding studies that did not satisfy minimal MSC criteria, 7 of 15 informative studies documented MSC cultures as entirely fetal, a further 7 studies reported cultured human chorionic MSC populations to be either maternal (n=6) or mixed (n=1), whereas 1 study separately cultured pure fetal and pure maternal MSC from the same placenta. Maternal cell contamination was associated with term and chorionic membrane samples and greater passage number but was still present in 30% of studies of chorionic villous MSCs. Although most studies assume fetal origin for MSCs sourced from chorion, this systematic review documents a high incidence of maternal-origin MSC populations in placental MSC cultures. Given that fetal MSCs have more primitive properties than adult MSCs, our findings have implications for clinical trials in which knowledge of donor and tissue source is pivotal. We recommend sensitive methods to quantitate the source and purity of placental MSCs.

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Adult Stem CellsChorionMesenchymal Stem CellsPlacentaAdultFemaleHumansPregnancyChorionFetalMaternal contaminationMesenchymal stromal cellPlacentaStem cell

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PMID25154781
PMCPMC4214840

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