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ReviewBioMed research international2015

Impact of umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells on cardiovascular research.

Santiago Roura, Josep Maria Pujal, Carolina Gálvez-Montón, Antoni Bayes-Genis

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Review in BioMed research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Santiago RouraICREC Research Program, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute, Can Ruti Campus, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Josep Maria PujalCell Processing Laboratory, Parc Científic i Tecnològic Universitat de Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain.
Carolina Gálvez-MontónICREC Research Program, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute, Can Ruti Campus, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Antoni Bayes-GenisICREC Research Program, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute, Can Ruti Campus, 08916 Badalona, Spain ; Cardiology Service, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, 08916 Badalona, Spain ; Department of Medicine, UAB, Barcelona, Spain.
Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol · ESUniversitat de Barcelona · ESUniversity of Girona · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the years, cell therapy has become an exciting opportunity to treat human diseases. Early enthusiasm using adult stem cell sources has been tempered in light of preliminary benefits in patients. Considerable efforts have been dedicated, therefore, to explore alternative cells such as those extracted from umbilical cord blood (UCB). In line, UCB banking has become a popular possibility to preserve potentially life-saving cells that are usually discarded after birth, and the number of UCB banks has grown worldwide. Thus, a brief overview on the categories of UCB banks as well as the properties, challenges, and impact of UCB-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on the area of cardiovascular research is presented. Taken together, the experience recounted here shows that UCBMSCs are envisioned as attractive therapeutic candidates against human disorders arising and/or progressing with vascular deficit.

Indexed as

Cord Blood Stem Cell TransplantationMesenchymal Stem CellsCardiovascular DiseasesFetal BloodHumansStem Cell Research

Identifiers

PMID25861654
PMCPMC4377460
OpenAlexW2050220476

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