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ReviewWorld journal of stem cells2014

New advances in the mesenchymal stem cells therapy against skin flaps necrosis.

Fu-Gui Zhang, Xiu-Fa Tang

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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 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Fu-Gui ZhangFu-Gui Zhang, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
Xiu-Fa TangFu-Gui Zhang, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), multipotential cells that reside within the bone marrow, can be induced to differentiate into various cells, such as osteoblasts, adipocytes, chondrocytes, vascular endothelial progenitor cells, and other cell types. MSCs are being widely studied as potential cell therapy agents due to their angiogenic properties, which have been well established by in vitro and in vivo researches. Within this context, MSCs therapy appears to hold substantial promise, particularly in the treatment of conditions involving skin grafts, pedicle flaps, as well as free flaps described in literatures. The purpose of this review is to report the new advances and mechanisms underlying MSCs therapy against skin flaps necrosis.

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Endothelial progenitor cellsMesenchymal stem cellsSkin flaps

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PMID25258671
PMCPMC4172678

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