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ArticleStem cells international2016

Monitoring the Bystander Killing Effect of Human Multipotent Stem Cells for Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumors.

Cindy Leten, Jesse Trekker, Tom Struys, Valerie D Roobrouck, Tom Dresselaers, Greetje Vande Velde, Ivo Lambrichts, Catherine M Verfaillie, Uwe Himmelreich

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Article in Stem cells international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Cindy LetenBiomedical MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Molecular Small Animal Imaging Center, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Jesse TrekkerBiomedical MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Imec, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Tom StruysBiomedical MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Morphology Research Group, Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Valerie D RoobrouckDepartment of Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell Institute, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Tom DresselaersBiomedical MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Molecular Small Animal Imaging Center, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Division of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Greetje Vande VeldeBiomedical MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Molecular Small Animal Imaging Center, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Ivo LambrichtsMorphology Research Group, Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Catherine M VerfaillieDepartment of Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell Institute, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Uwe HimmelreichBiomedical MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Molecular Small Animal Imaging Center, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Imaging Center · USKU Leuven · BEHasselt University · BEIMEC · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor infiltrating stem cells have been suggested as a vehicle for the delivery of a suicide gene towards otherwise difficult to treat tumors like glioma. We have used herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase expressing human multipotent adult progenitor cells in two brain tumor models (hU87 and Hs683) in immune-compromised mice. In order to determine the best time point for the administration of the codrug ganciclovir, the stem cell distribution and viability were monitored in vivo using bioluminescence (BLI) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Treatment was assessed by in vivo BLI and MRI of the tumors. We were able to show that suicide gene therapy using HSV-tk expressing stem cells can be followed in vivo by MRI and BLI. This has the advantage that (1) outliers can be detected earlier, (2) GCV treatment can be initiated based on stem cell distribution rather than on empirical time points, and (3) a more thorough follow-up can be provided prior to and after treatment of these animals. In contrast to rodent stem cell and tumor models, treatment success was limited in our model using human cell lines. This was most likely due to the lack of immune components in the immune-compromised rodents.

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PMID26880961
PMCPMC4736564
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